Collecting Fruit Wrappers and Stickers

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Kate’s Collecting Tips

“You have to struggle with many of the newer plastic fruit stickers. They stick to the fruit very well but look out for ones with little unsticky ends, which were probably invented specially for Collectors like us, as they enable an easy peel without damaging the sticker.”

Collecting fruit stickers and wrappers is an easy to do,  fun, enjoyable and rewarding hobby. There are an inestimable number of Sticker designs from all over the World, whilst most fruit Wrappers come from Italy and Spain.

Today, it may seem that beautiful and interesting wrappings are vanishing but so often shops remove these  decorative wrappers before displaying the fruit!

It is possible by asking fruit retailers and sometimes wholesalers, to put aside fruit with stickers and wrappers as they come in especially for you. By getting to know your regular fruiterer you can create a beautiful collection and enjoy healthy eating at the same time.

Many fine graphic artists are being unaccountably neglected as their works are damaged or discarded. This can result in your collections becoming more rare than you might imagine. For young collectors, banana fruit stickers are some of the easiest to collect …. as they peel off in an easy manner and there’s more banana stickers than any other fruit stickers in the world.

Like early postage stamps, it can be exciting to study the new issues, and who knows, they may become the ‘collectors’ pieces of the future. They seem to have done so in the United States, and elswhere, with adults having pride of place in their wallets for new examples!

Try to collect undamaged stickers and wrappers – those without tears or marks arising from the fruit or other liquids.

When ironing your fruit wrappers always iron on the wrong side (not the printed side) and be careful to choose the coolest heat setting on the iron that is necessary to smooth your wrapping.

Don’t iron self adhesive stickers on the right or wrong side! Remember, patience is vital as there may not be another example like the one you have collected! Oh yeah, and be sure to use an old tea towel or a piece of old cotton material like a sheet, douvet, pillow case or perhaps a T-shirt, so that you don’t damage the family ironing board.

If you don’t need a sticker you have collected on a fruit, make sure you peel off the sticker so it can be put into your plastic recycling bin. It was much easier when stickers were paper as they could be left on the fruit peel when put in the kitchen compost.

Presentation Hint:
I was sent a totally fantastic “COLLECTION” of wrappers from the opium orangenpapiermuseum in Germany and they were mounted onto stiff A4 paper with their overlapping edges folded around the back and fastened. It’s a great system to keep your collection in good order from a great orange paper museum.

Some wrappers from the 1930 Wallis Collection:

 

See also: Using fruit and fruit stickers in Education

 

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Is your farm thinking of culturing additional income sources? View “The Rural Enterprises 350 List”

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Here’s an alphabetical list of 350 Alternative Farm-Based Enterprises to consider, originally posted by Johanneke s

Adopt-a-tree, Advertising, Aggregates, Afternoon teas, After school clubs, Agricultural Chaplain, Alpaca, Alternative medicine, Amenity management, American-style mailboxes, Angora rabbits, Animal rehabilitation, Animal Associated Therapy, Arboretum, Aromatherapy products, Arts classes, (Field) Archery, Assertiveness training, Aquaponics.

Bacon, Badger watching, Bagpipe making, Balloon service, Barn Conversion, Barn Dancing, Ballooning, Basket making, Bay tree production, Beautician, Bed and Breakfast, Beef packs, Bees, Bee-keeping workshops, Bellringing weekends, Bereavement support, Biofuels, Birds of prey centre, Birdseed, Bird watching, Birthday cards, Bloodhound pack (DIY), Book binding, Book publishing, Bottled water, Brassieres, Bread-making, Brewery, Burial-human, Burial-pets, Buffalo, Business Units.

Cake decoration, Calligraphy, Camping, Canoeing, Caravans, Caravan storage, Car boot sales, Carving wood/ stone, Car service and repair, Car valeting, Cashmere Goats, Catering, Cattery, Chalets, Charcoal making, Chauffeured vintage cars, Cheese, Children’s farm B&B, Children’s parties, Children’s play equipment, Christmas trees, Cider making, Clay Pigeon shooting, Clock-making, Clog-making, Selling clothes, Composting, Concerts, Conference and Training Centre, Computer help, Conference venue, Contracting, Co-ordinating of sixth sense, Coppice, Corporate hospitality, Correspondence courses, Cottage Lets, Counselling, Crafts, Craft directory, Crayfish Farming, Crematorium, Cricket (indoor), Croquet, Cross Country Course (Horses), Curtain making, Cyber pub, Cyclo-cross, (Cycles touring), Dairy goats.

Dairy sheep, Dating Agency, Deer, Dentist, Desk-top publishing, Disco venue, Dog & Cat minding, Dog breeding, Dog grooming, Dog’s Hotel, Dog-sledding, Dog training, Dog walking, Domestic agency, Dried flower production, Ducks.

Ecoflow magnets, Egg round, Elderberry wine, (elderberries grown on contract), Equestrian Centre, Essential oils, Etiquette courses, Evening out and tour arranging.

Family history investigation, Farm business consultancy, Farmers markets, Farm shop, Farm security, Farm trails, Feed manufacture, Fancy fish breeding, Field Boarding; Fine art adviser, Fish farming, Fishing lakes, Fish smokery, Florist, Flower arranging courses, Flowers for drying, Making flyscreens, Football, Footwear for farmers, Forestry, Form filling service, Four wheel drive, Free range eggs, Frozen food distribution, Fudge making, Furniture restoration.

Game shooting, Garden Centre, Garden design, Gardening, Geese, Geo-positioning app trails, Gift wrapping services, Gilding, Glamping, Gliding, Goats, Golf course, Golf range, Go-carting, Golf Course, Golf driving range, Golf management, Grain drying, Granny activity holidays, Grass boarding, Grass mowing, Grass track racing (motor cycles), Grave digging, Guanacos, Guinea Fowl.

Hairdressing, Hang-gliding, Hanging basket maintenance, Hat-selling and hire, Haulage, Health Products, Health farm, Help groups directory, Herbs, Historic trails, Hockey, Holiday chalets, Holidays for diabetics, Home entertainer, Horse B&B, Horse Drawn Carriages for weddings, Horse hospital, Horse jumps, House sitting, House exchange agency, Humanist funerals, Hurdle making, Hydroponics.

Ice cream, Import/export, Industrial Unit, Interior design consultancy, Ironing, IT training.

Jet-skiing, Jewellery design, Junk shop.

Kennels, Lambing-time visits, Landscape Gardening, Lavender farm, Leaves to curds (tofu) and milks, Lecturing, Life swap for a week, Line dancing classes, Lingerie, Listening devices, Livery, Llamas, Llama trekking, Locations for film and TV.

Magazine production, Mail order, Management games, Manicuring, Marriage guidance, Massage, Maternity wear hire, Meat boxes by post, Mechanics workshop, Mediaeval Banquets, Meditation weekends, Mentoring, Millinery, Mobile cyber-cafe, Mobile phone aerials, Mobile second hand books, Mobile post office/bank, Model Aircraft, Moonlight walks, Mountain biking, Museum, Mushroom farming, Mushroom picking, Music weekends, Mystic weekends.

Newspaper delivery, Nursery School,

Off-roading, Open gardens, Organic farming, Fresh organic baby food, Opera house, Orienteering, Ostriches,

Paintballing, Painting Holidays, Paper storage, Parachuting, Para-gliding, Parrot breeding, Pet B&B, Pet Cemetry, Pet headstones, Pet sculptures, Pharmaceutical crops, Pheasant rearing, Photographic Agency, Piano lessons, Pick-your-own, Picnic sites, Plant Hire, Polo, Polo pony wintering, Pony Trekking, Pop-concerts, Posh frock hire, Pottery, Proof reading, Property, Public relations, Pudding service.

Quad biking, Quail, Quarrying.

Rabbits, Racehorse training, Ready meals, Recruitment agency, Red kite feeding centre, Respite care home, Restaurant, Retreats, Riding School, Riding Stables, Radio Station, Road haulage, Rock concerts, Rowing, Rug making.

Salmon farming, Sandwich van, Saunas, Second hand clothes, Self catering accommodation, Secretarial services, Sheep dairying, Shellfish, Shooting Range, Shooting (game), Sign manufacturing, Singles parties, Skate-boarding, Smokery, Snail Farming, Soap making, Soft furnishings, Specialist plants on the internet, Stag and hen weekends, Stained glass, Stand-up comedy, Stone carving.

Table trout production, Tandem racing, Tapestry kits, Taxidermy, Tea-shop, Teenage activity holidays, Telephone answering service, Ten-pin bowling, Terracotta pots, Terry nappies, Touring caravans, Toys, Toy library, Tractor manufacture and rebuilding, Translation, Treasure hunting (metal detectors), Tree nursery, Turf.

Video conferencing, Voluntary work,

Walking tours, Walling, Rural waste advisory service, Water bottling, Water-skiing, Water Buffalo, Weaving, Web-site design, Wedding service, Wedding venue, Growing weed seeds, Wholesale flower market, Wild boar, Wild flower seeds, Willow growing, Wind farm, Wine, Woodland and Hedgerow Products, Woodland walks, Worm farming, Writing courses,

Xmas trees,

Yoghurt Making

Zoic research, Zither making, Zephyr manufacture, Zen meditation, Zucchini farming.

Plenty of opportunities!

Comment
“Thank you for posting this list Johanneke s. I am sure it will promote many farmers to think about their farm growth potential.  Your list has been downloaded many times and it was the catalyst for our Rural Growth Wales project which has already promoted the growth of:

Dan says:
This is all brilliant and interesting advice.

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