. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. IMPLEMENTS. 97. stroke given to the shears with the other hand. Another perpendicular stroke slits the stock for the graft, leaving a perfectly smooth face cut for its reception. The expedition and perfection of the work is thus greatly facilitated. Small shears attached to a pole and worked by a cord, ^fig. 54,) are useful for cutting grafts on
. The American fruit culturist : containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden : with descriptions of the principal American and foreign varieties cultivated in the United States . Fruit-culture. IMPLEMENTS. 97. stroke given to the shears with the other hand. Another perpendicular stroke slits the stock for the graft, leaving a perfectly smooth face cut for its reception. The expedition and perfection of the work is thus greatly facilitated. Small shears attached to a pole and worked by a cord, ^fig. 54,) are useful for cutting grafts on tall trees ; in removing the eggs of caterpillars, (see chapter on the apple ;) and in taking off fine fruit to prevent bruising, by attaching a basket to the pole immediately under the shears. The blades of these shears, forming an oblique angle with the shaft at a little dis- tance above the pivot, make a draw-cut in- stead of a crushing-cut, and are for this reason more effective. Apples, and some of the Fig-. 54. harder fruits, may also be gathered with a wooden hook in the end of a pole, to draw the fruit from the branch, caught in a basket just underneath. In using the long handled pruning-saw, the pruning- chisel, the graft-cutter, or the fruit-gatherer, the operator may stand on a ladder or high stool, as an additional assis- tance in reaching the higher parts of the tree. Self-sustaining fruit-ladders are very useful in gathering fine fruit, to prevent mutilation and bruising of the bark and branches. Fig. 55, is one of small size and simple construction, is easily carried in one hand, and will raise one's feet a yard or more from the ground. It consists of a small piece of light plank at the top, supported on legs not larger than common chair legs. Fig. 56, repre- sents one from eight to twelve feet high, the two single legs moving on joints, for closing against the ladder in carrying, and spreading like a tripod in setting up under the tree. The folding-ladder may b
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