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Show HANDY AS FRUIT COLLECTOR Michigan Man Invents Handy Device for Getting Into Out-of-the-Way Branches of Trees. A handy device for getting small fruit from out-of-the-way branches has been designed by a Michigan man. A pair of large, strong scissors has a ring along the outer edge of the lower blade. A wire basket is attached to si " - Fruit Collector. this ring by a swivel connection and universal joint so that It swings freely all the time. As the fruit is snipped off by the shears it drops into the basket. The convenience of this device de-vice lies in the fact that it can be operated with one hand, and for that reason will reach places that would be inaccessible if both hands were required. re-quired. Furthermore, there is no necessity ne-cessity of carrying around an extra basket and taking the time to transfer trans-fer the fruit to this as it is cut or picked. Of course, this does not apply to large frult- |