Roosevelt Standard | 1917-08-22 | Page 6 | Pick Fruit from Tall Tree

PIC PICK FRUIT FROM TALL TREE illinois man uses long cutter pole pol with set of knife blades arranged near top instead of wasting time in climbing trees to pick fruit george J fallain of san tose jose ill gathers his fruit while standing on the ground he simply uses a long cutter pole having a metal meta cup mounted on its end A set of anif e blades are arranged near the top of 0 the lie cup the pole Is brought up to ti the fruit in the tree until the fruit is 1 k NW MIMI fruit picker well inside the cup A string la is then the pulled tills causes the sharp cutting cuttin blades to sever the stem of the fruit the fruit falls into the cup the hot boi torn tom of which I ilch opens out under the th weight of the fruit and allows it to t drop down through an opening and into int a long cloth sleeve when the sleeve Is filled up the fruit Is dumped into a pall pail or basket by tills method there Is no danger of bursting choice fruit and thus decreasing its market value and keeping quality popular selene science monthly