Method for stemming tomatoes

摘要: Method and apparatus for de-stemming picked tomatoes. Each tomato is introduced into the upper end of a generally vertically disposed, open-ended, resilient, open-mesh fabric tube, substantial portion which approximates but larger than diameter tomato. The stem penetrates through open mesh at some point, areas being somewhat stem, while continues to fall, thereby exerting bending moment on that snaps from fruit. tomato, free its discharged lower tube.