Peter Henderson & Co.'s wholesale catalogue of bulbs, plants and flower seeds, for autumn planting : 1897 . ectly tight and saves the expense of relaying theglass. Prices of Mastica, (soft for machine application), 35c. per quart; 60c. perYz gallon ; $ per gallon. THE PLUMLEY FRUIT PICKER. A very simple device, without springsor machinery to get out of order or in-jure the fruit, which is pulled off bythree curved iron fingers, and it rollseasily down a cloth tube, the bottom ofwhich can be held in a basket or holding the cloth tube with onehand the fall of each fruit is checked
Peter Henderson & Co.'s wholesale catalogue of bulbs, plants and flower seeds, for autumn planting : 1897 . ectly tight and saves the expense of relaying theglass. Prices of Mastica, (soft for machine application), 35c. per quart; 60c. perYz gallon ; $ per gallon. THE PLUMLEY FRUIT PICKER. A very simple device, without springsor machinery to get out of order or in-jure the fruit, which is pulled off bythree curved iron fingers, and it rollseasily down a cloth tube, the bottom ofwhich can be held in a basket or holding the cloth tube with onehand the fall of each fruit is checked,and can be let out as easily as the oper-ator desires, preventing bruising. Asthe picker does not have to be loweredwith each fruit, as with some pickers,the result is, ten times as much can bepicked, and with great ease, by oneperson. The length of the tube is nj^feet, enabling a man of ordinary heightto reach fruit 16 feet from the ground,and as much lower as desired by havingpoles of different lengths. We do notfurnish poles. Price, (without pole), 8;c. each,or prepaid by mail, $ •v>~ ^V^-. PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.—FERTILIZERS.—WHOLESALE. 43
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