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Agriculture | n. phr.
a harvest method carried out by means of a machine, either a combine harvester or a vibrator endowed with a catching umbrella, that brings olives down and collects them, in a single operation, before they reach the ground.

Example

The invention provides a method and apparatus for the complete harvesting of tree crops, which provides for automatically picking the crop the tree, automatically gathering the crop without contacting the ground, automatically moving the crop to a central gathering point, and automatically loading it for transportation to a remote distribution center.

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