. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 503 NURSERY AND FRUIT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. mounted on a frame with a small wbeel, by wLicli they are easily moved about. The Folding Ladder is a very neat and convenient ar« ticle for many purposes. The inside of the styles is hol- lowed out, and the steps are fastened to them by means of iron pins, on which they turn as on hinges, so that the two sides can be brought together, the steps turning into the grooves or hollows in them, the whole appearing like a round pole—B. It is more easily carried and })lacGd where wanted than the ordinary lad- der. A re])r
. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. 503 NURSERY AND FRUIT GARDEN IMPLEMENTS. mounted on a frame with a small wbeel, by wLicli they are easily moved about. The Folding Ladder is a very neat and convenient ar« ticle for many purposes. The inside of the styles is hol- lowed out, and the steps are fastened to them by means of iron pins, on which they turn as on hinges, so that the two sides can be brought together, the steps turning into the grooves or hollows in them, the whole appearing like a round pole—B. It is more easily carried and })lacGd where wanted than the ordinary lad- der. A re])resents it open, and B closed (fig. 186). There are also Self-supporting Orchard-Badders^ com- posed of three upright pieces of any required length, and spread widely at the bottom, to give them stability. Two. Fig. 185.—FRUIT-LADDER. ^ Fig. 186.—FOLDING LADDER. of the sides are fixed, and are furnished with steps all the way up. The third is longer and movable, and can be extended or contracted at pleasure. A piece of boaz'd wide enough to stand upon can be extended from one side to the other, resting upon the steps at whatever bight it is desirable to work. On the movable side a pulley is fixed, by which the baskets oi fruit are let down as they are gathered. Two persons of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Barry, Patrick, 1816-1890. New York, Orange Judd Co.
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