Ads of Yore: R. Halliday and Co.’s Hothouses and Orchard Houses
This 1873 advertisement for a local firm of engineers who once built vast glasshouse ranges caught my eye the other day.
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Ads of Yore: Charles D. Young and Co.’s Espalier Training Supports, 1801
You’re looking for an ironwork espalier fruit tree training frame? But of course. We have two models, which would you prefer?
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Ads of Yore: Big Profits in the Cider Business
And what do those big profits require? A big investment in a big juice pressing machine…
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Ads of Yore: Hardie Orchard Equipment
As this 1915 ad shows, when it comes to useful orchard equipment, some ideas and designs never go out of date.
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Ads of Yore: Tree Planting Made Easy… with Dynamite!
Have a blast at tree planting time with this time- and labour-saving suggestion from 1911.
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Ads of Yore: The Cutler Fruit Grader
They seemed like such a nice bunch of folks when we met them at the 1921 orchard trade fair…
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Ads of Yore: Pomona Tree Collections, 1930
Special offer fruit trees, anyone? Rail delivery as standard, postal service extra.
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Ads of Yore: Canning! Canning!
Perishable fruit crop, you say? We have just the steam-powered thing…
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Ads of Yore: Pond’s Centipede Ladder
Thinking of buying a new orchard ladder? Here’s one to bear in mind.