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Fruit Peeler

Object/Artifact

Table clamp metal apple peeler. Wooden side handle crank. Three total gear. Gear with handle is concave. Gear with square holes has an inscription reading, "MFD BY HUDSON PARER CO. LEOMINSTER MASS. PAT'D JAN. 24, 82." Called “The Rocking Table Apple Parer”.

2019.02.165

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Hudson Parer Company

circa 1882

Leominster

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

Inscription

Gear

MFD BY HUDSON PARER CO. LEOMINSTER MASS. PAT'D JAN. 24, 82

English

Fruit Peeler

Apple Peeler

9 in

9-1/2 in

5-1/2 in

Cast iron

Wood

2019.02.134, 2019.02.150, 2019.02.151, 2019.02.152, 2019.02.153, 2019.02.155, 2019.02.156, 2019.02.157, 2019.02.158, 2019.02.159, 2019.02.163, 2019.02.164, 2019.02.166, 2019.02.167, 2019.02.168, 2019.02.169, 2019.02.171, 2019.02.173, 2019.02.174, 2019.02.175, 2019.02.176, 2019.02.177, 2019.02.178, 2019.02.179, 2019.02.184, 2019.02.192, 2019.02.193, 2019.02.194 Patent #: 252,670 Manufacturer: Hudson Object 2019.02.164 is same make and model

Thornton, Don, and Robert S. Arnold. "Apple Parers." (Sunnyvale, CA: Off Beat Books, 1997). Pg 76.

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