New or Improved Guard or Shield for the Protection of Growing. Fruit and other Horticultural Products.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Apr., 1900-Accepted, 2nd June, 1900
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New or Improved Guard or Shield for the Protection of Growing.
Fruit and other Horticultural Products.
I, EDWARD DARNLEY SMITH, of Landscove Vicarage, Ashburton, in the County
of Devon, Clerk in Holy Orders; do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
It is well known by gardeners and others that growing fruit generally, but
more especially such fruit as pears, apples, plums, and the like, is commonly
attacked by birds and insects at that part thereof which is nearest the stalk,
partly no doubt because it is more easily accessible from the twig or bough, and
partly because that part of the fruit is generally the first to ripen.
The principal object of this invention is to provide means for the protection of
fruit from such attacks, and for this purpose I employ a cap or cone adapted
to surround the stalk of the fruit and extend outwards and downwards there-
from and form a protecting guard or shield of plain or perforated material for
the upper part of the fruit. The material shape, size, and means of application
and fastening of such guard or shield may vary according to the kind, shape,
and size of the fruit to which it is to be applied.
For example, the guard or shield may be formed from a piece of sheet celluloid,
cardboard, metal, paper, or other suitable material of such a shape that when two
of its edges are brought together it will take the form of a cone or cap, with
an opening at or about the centre to receive the stalk of the fruit, the said.
adjacent edges being clipped together by suitably bending the said edges, or they
may be fastened by other convenient means.
The guard or shield may also be used for the protection of flowers, seeds, and
horticultural products generally.
E. DARNLEY SMITH.
Per W. H. Beck,
:
Agent, 115, Cannon Street, London, E.C.
New or Improved Guard or Shield for the Protection of Growing
Fruit and other Horticultural Products.
I, EDWARD DARNLEY SMITH, of Landscove Vicarage, Ashburton, in the County
of Devon, Clerk in Holy Orders, 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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It is well known by gardeners and others that growing fruit generally, but

page_text: more especially such fruit as pears, apples, plums, and the like is commonly
attacked by birds and insects at that part thereof which is nearest the stalk,
partly no doubt because it is more easily accessible from the twig or bough, and
partly because that part of the fruit is generally the first to ripen.
The principal object of this invention is to provide means for the protection of
fruit from such attacks, and for this purpose I employ a cap, bell, or cone adapted
to surround the stalk of the fruit and extend outwards and downwards there-
from and form a protecting guard or shield of plain or perforated material for
the upper part of the fruit. The material shape, size, and means of application
and fastening of such guard or shield may vary according to the kind, shape,
and size of the fruit to which it is to be applied.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings illustrates one form of guard or shield
as applied to a pear for example, and Figure 2 shews the guard or shield ready
to be applied to the pear or other fruit. is the guard or shield formed from
sheet celluloid, cardboard, metal, paper, or other suitable material cut, moulded,
or otherwise formed into such a shape that when its edges b, c, are brought
together it will take the form of a cap, bell, or cone with an opening d at or
about the centre to receive the stalk of the fruit. The adjacent édges be may
be held together in a great variety of ways, but I have found the device illus-
trated to answer the purpose well. Semi-circular cuts are made at e and f as
shewn in Figure 2 whereby tabs g h are formed, and when the edges &c of the
cap, bell, or cone are brought together or overlapped the tab g is inserted into
the opening in front of the tab h or vice versa, the edges being thereby held or
locked together. Or the edges b, c may he clipped together by suitably bending
the said edges, or they may be fastened by other suitable means. If preferred
the guard or shield may be made of perforated material, or a few rows only of
perforations may be provided as at i for example.
The guard or shield may also be used for the protection of flowers, seeds, and
horticultural products generally.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
First. Protecting fruit or other horticultural products from the attacks of birds
or insects by enveloping their upper parts in a guard or shield; substantially as
described with reference to the drawings.
Second. The guard or shield for fruit or other horticultural product which
consists of a piece of sheet celluloid, cardboard, metal, paper, or other suitable
material, perforated or not, and so shaped that when bent or folded round the
fruit or other horticultural product to be protected it forms a guard or shield
the edges of which are held, locked, clipped, or otherwise fastened together, sub-
stantially as described with reference to the drawings.
E. DARNLEY SMITH,
Per W. H. Beck,
Agent, 116, Cannon Street, London, E.C.