Fruit-Gatherer and Pruning Implement. (open access)

Fruit-Gatherer and Pruning Implement.

Patent for a combination orchard tool that gathers fruit, holds it in a bag, and can sever fruit stems in order to pick them. After severing, the fruit falls into the bag. The operator pulls a string that falls along the long handle, and the knife springs up from the bag so that it can sever the stems.
Date: May 30, 1893
Creator: Chambers, Silas
System: The Portal to Texas History