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Undated photograph shows a single farmworker, on a ladder, picking apples. They're placed into a bag hung around his neck before transfer to a bin in the foreground. The accumulated weight would be significant. It's possible that the orchard's…

Illustration accompanies a suggestion by editor of the Country Gentleman, perhaps Luther Tucker, as to a simple and cheap method for picking apples. Its extremely detailed description appears overly fussy, yet shows the careful thought behind even…

This item consists of seven photographs selected from an in-depth survey of New York's apple industry, specifically farms in Wayne County. The bulletin was published under the auspices of Cornell University's Department of Horticulture and as such…