Apparatus for semi-automated piercing and drawing of asparagus

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The asparagus harvesting unit is tractor mounted and controlled by the driver. It has a laser pointer (16) mounted under a plate (1), on top of which piston and cylinder units (25, 30) are mounted. The pointer is used to locate the plants and a harvesting unit pushed into the earth. A swiveling blade (11) then cuts the base of the stem and a gripper (40, 41) lifts it out of the earth.