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A Net For the Collection of Winged Hardwood Fruits

The collection of fruits from such hardwoods as maple, elm and ash has been done normally by whipping the fruits from the tree with a bamboo pole and catching them on cotton sheets, which are spread on the ground surrounding the tree. On windy days it is difficult to catch half of the fruits released, and in the case of white elm a slight breeze can make collection almost impossible. In order to reduce the ground area which must be covered with cotton sheets, and to reduce the time wasted due to windy weather, it was necessary to find some means of stopping the fruits in flight and allowing them to fall to the ground, where they could be collected.


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Author(s): A. J. Carmichael

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 22 (1955)