FMC Cascade Tomato Harvester in Use, circa 1985
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Slide (Photograph)
Subject Date
circa 1985
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2020.0.14.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in
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Tomatoes need careful handling. Growers who contract with processors used to rely on human laborers. The quest to plant and harvest more, faster, gave mechanical engineers and plant geneticists incentive to design a machine and a tomato it could harvest. The FMC Cascade Harvester carried 10-12 laborers who sorted debris out of the crop, fewer laborers than growers had needed for handpicking.