Gentle Harvester

Details

Categories A Year On the Farm
Theme(s) Farming and agriculture
Collection Harvesting Objects
Date
Object number MERL 60/143
  • Description

When placed on a long pole this fruit picker extended the user’s reach. They could then retrieve apples, pears or plums without bruising them. The ingenious design was devised by William Penn Ltd, a company that offered solutions to some of life’s most pressing challenges, such as the ‘awl-you-need’ leather stitcher and ‘so-easy’ seed sower.