Oooo, we now have Home Depot here in central Ohio. I think I'll head on over there this week. Thanks for the reply! Alice (seyfried@oclc.org) Workstation Development Section/TSDD OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Ron Hay [mailto:ronhay@pacbell.net] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:03 AM To: gardeners@globalgarden.com Subject: Re: [gardeners] Apricot thieves! Hello, Alice, I purchased the pole at Home Depot a couple of years ago. Kinda looks like a lightbulb installer, with one side open with which to grasp the fruit. I think it ran me about 20 bucks. Thanks for your note. Ron "Seyfried,Alice" wrote: > Fruit picking pole?? Please pardon my ignorance - but is this a homemade > contraption or something one purchases? I have a very large pear tree and > we've never been able to harvest the pears at the top (or in the middle, for > that matter). This sounds like something that would solve my problem. > > I'm sorry I don't have any advice for your squirrel problem. > > Thank you! > > Alice (seyfried@oclc.org) > Workstation Development Section/TSDD > OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Hay [mailto:ronhay@pacbell.net] > Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 10:41 AM > To: gardeners > Subject: [gardeners] Apricot thieves! > > Help! This is the first year we have had any signifucant number of > apricots on our tree, and all of a sudden, as they ripen, predators > strike at the crack of dawn. They may be birds, although I rather > suspect they are squirrels, since some of the pits are gnawed a bit, and > there are no real peck marks on the interior of the fruits. > > Any suggestions? > > I am about to go out with my fruit picking pole to harvest whatever I > can, to let the fruit ripen in the house. > > Ron