c1800 Apple Parer Peeler Book Pitter Kitchen Vintage Start Price USD 53.99 Current Price USD 53.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, October 28, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location Leavenworth, Kansas See more about 'c1800 Apple Parer Peeler Book Pitter Kitchen Vintage' Description Search in N2-KansasAuctions Search titles and descriptions SKU HER-1997-0964124335-X2 (click for larger image) Apple Parers by: Don Thornton ISBN:  0964124335 Complete Book Title:Apple ParersAuthor:Don ThorntonBinding Type:Soft CoverCopyright Date:1997Number of Pages:240Size:8.5 x 11 in.Book Subject:KitchenwareInternational Customers:This item WILL fit in a Global Priority unpadded flat envelope.Domestic Customers:This item ships BOXED. Calculate Shipping Here eBay Customers - Pay Here We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents During colonial days and through the 19th century, apples were a critical winter staple, and to be preserved, they had to be picked, pared, cored, cut into slices, strung on strong linen thread and hung to dry. The drudgery of paring and slicing each apple was monumental... until the problem was met head-on with Yankee ingenuity and the birth of apple paring machines. Apple Parers is an entertaining and definitive guide to the vast variety of ingenious machines and devices that were a vital part of early America. Apple Parers serves up a true slice of American history beginning with the primitive wood and iron devices fashioned in barns and workshops. It takes the reader through the heady days of cast-iron parer manufacturing, when every rural home had a parer and the competition was intense. It also looks at commercial models and related devices such as slicers, corers, and segmenters. Checkout Here Shipping Cost Contact Us Questions Infopia :: Leaders in Listing Innovation Place a Bid!