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Fruit Peeler

Object/Artifact

Table clamp metal apple peeler. Wood handle crank turns a long spiral grooved rod with three spikes at the end. Long curved arm holds the peeler blade and the corer. Corer is a circular spiral shape made from a single piece of metal. A closed fork stopper is attached to the top of the rod. A stopper is attached close to the crank handle. Inscription on the curved arm reading, "Little * Star."

2019.02.173

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Hudson Parer Company

circa 1887

Leominster

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

Inscription

Curved Frame

Little * Star

English

Fruit Peeler

Apple Peeled

6-1/2 in

10-1/2 in

4 in

Cast iron

Wood

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Thornton, Don, and Robert S. Arnold. "Apple Parers." (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 46.

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