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endless belt, with double pockets, like those of a grain-eleva- 

 tor, conveys the fruit to the ground and automatically dumps 

 it into the boxes, doing away with the necessity of the pick- 

 er's leaving the ladder for any other reason than that of 

 changing its location. A number of the ladders will be put 

 into orchards the coming season by the inventor to demon- 

 strate their usefulness. — California Fruit- Grower. . 



Fruit-Nippers. — (Fig. 32.) The latest device for provid- 



Fig. 33. Fig. 35. 



ing a stout and sharp substitute for the thumb-nail here illus- 

 trated is only a short, thick pair of sheafs made to fit between 

 the thumb and forefinger. This effort to save the thumb is a 

 commendable one. — Rural New-Yorker, 661 ; American Gar- 

 den, 703. 



Packing Plants.- (Fig. 33.) This is a European device for 

 carrying live plants long distances. The engraving was made 

 from a basket 12 inches high and four feet across. Tough 



