Miles and King performed a 2 - year study of «Brown Snout» bittersweet specialty cider apple (grafted onto M. 27 and East Malling / Long Ashton 9 rootstocks) to compare the total weight of harvested fruit, labor hours for harvest, tree and fruit damage, and fruit and juice quality for traditional hand harvest and mechanical harvest using an over-the-row small
fruit harvester.
Not exact matches
Some careless
harvesters would take down entire branches, even cutting down the plant first to then harvest the
fruit.
It supports African
harvesters to thrive as local people earn an income from harvesting the Baobab
fruit.
Miles noted that modifications to the small
fruit mechanical
harvester could further improve efficiencies for apple harvest.
• Feed and tend to livestock and ensure that they are kept safe at all times • Use milk machines to milk cows and sheep by ensuring that proper procedures are taken into account • Operate tractors and
harvesters and ensure that their maintenance and repair is done on time • Apply pesticides and fertilizers to crops in appropriate quantities and direct the work of farm hands and seasonal help • Design and lay down irrigation networks and use irrigation equipment to ensure that water is provided to every crop layer • Enlist the help of veterinary doctors to ensure that livestock is vaccinated on time and to ensure the overall health and wellbeing of animals • Dig and plant seeds and handle seedlings transplant by keeping in mind weather patterns • Harvest
fruits and vegetables and ensure that they are kept safely stored before it is time for them to be marketed