An Appliance for Supporting Growing Strawberries or other Flowers or Fruit.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 29th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 7th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Appliance for Supporting Growing Strawberries or other Flowers
or Fruit.
I, WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD BRETT, of Cromer Road, North Walsham, Norfolk,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a wire segment or part of a circle woven in one flat
piece, with eys formed at one end and hooks at the other, or with other simple
fastenings, by connecting the two ends it forms a cone shaped frame, the diameter
at the top being larger than at the bottom.
If preferred the frame may be made in more than one piece or it may be made
as a cone without the hooks or other fastenings.
The object of the invention is to protect growing or ripening strawberries from
insects and from mildew and to keep the fruit cleaner and thus better. A frame
is placed round the plant when forming for fruit, the fruit being supported on the
frame, by which means it ripens better and is more easily picked. Another advan-
tage is, the plants being supported by a frame occupy less room and can be planted
nearer together, thus more fruit can be grown on the same space of ground than in
the ordinary way.
The frames when woven in a flat piece or in flat pieces can be produced very
cheaply, and are convenient for packing in a small compass for transit, or for
storing when not in use.
The frames can be used to support flowers or fruit, on small plants of other kinds,
if desired.
An Appliance for Supporting Growing Strawberries or other Flowers
or Fruit.
I, WILLIAM BLOOMFIELD BRETT, of Cromer Road, North Walsham, Norfolk,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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This invention consists of a wire segment or part of a circle woven in one flat
piece, with eyes formed at one end and hooks at the other, or with other suitable
fastenings; by connecting the two ends it forms a cone shaped frame, the diameter
at the top being larger than that at the bottom.

page_text: If preferred the frame may be made in more than one piece or it may be made
of perforated metal, or as a cone without the hooks or other fastenings.
The special object of the invention is to protect growing or ripening strawberries
from insects or from mildew and to keep the fruit cleaner and thus better. One
of these frames is placed round the plant when forming for fruit, the fruit being
supported on the frame, by which means it ripens better and is more easily picked.
Another advantage is that the plants being supported by a frame occupy less room
and can be planted nearer together, thus more fruit can be planted on the same
space of ground than in the ordinary way.
The frames when woven in a flat piece or in flat pieces can be produced very
cheaply, and are convenient for packing in a small compass for transit, or for
storing when not in use.
The frames can be used to support flowers or fruit or small plants of other kinds,
if desired. They can be placed around plants or flowers without in any way
damaging them.
I will now describe the invention with reference to accompanying drawings in
which:-
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Fig. 1 is a perspective elevation of one form of the appliance, preferably intended
for fruit.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of half the frame shewn in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a perspective elevation of a frame for flowers and plants.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of part of the frame shewn in the previous figure,
opened out.
aa are the edge or top and bottom wires of the frame, filled in and connected by
the open mesh work bb. cc are hooks which engage with corresponding eyes
dd when the frame is in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. A flat segmental shaped piece of woven wire or perforated metal fitted with
hooks or other suitable fastenings capable of being bent into a cone or truncated
cone, for placing around strawberry and other plants and flowers, as herein
described and set forth.
2. A cone of perforated or woven metal made in one or more pieces for placing
around plants or flowers, as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 20th day of Marci 1090.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
Patent Agent, 171, Queen Victoria Street, London.