Book 3 — Tin Can on Rod for Picking Fruit

The best apple is usually a little beyond reach, as every boy knows, so I fitted a tin can, cut as shown in the sketch, to a pole and can easily pick the apple that I want. The device is useful for picking many varieties of fruit, and prevents damaging it by a fall. For picking apples or other fruit from the upper branches of trees, where it is almost impossible to reach by the use of a ladder, the tin-can fruit picker is especially handy. The small sketch shows how the edges of the can should be cut to afford the best grip on the stem, making it possible to cut the twig from above or below.—T. A. Charles, Hamilton, Ont.