Abstract: A harvester for bulb, root and leafy vegetable products including stationary blades (31, 32), rotatable discs (131, 132) or the like which are transported at an angle through opposite sides of a product plant bed to loosen the soil, cut the root system, and prepare the products for removal from the plant bed; a pair of opposing, rotatable belts (51, 51') which follow an inclined path and cooperate to define a product passageway therebetween, said belts (51, 51') defining a product lifting and transport section (41) in which adjustable, pressure pulleys (48, 48') ensure proper gripping pressure on the products, and a product orienting section (42) in which the products are transformed from a vertical to a horizontal disposition; support means (70) adjacent said product orienting section (42) for receiving tops of products oriented to a horizontal disposition; and conveyor means (75) adjacent an end of said product passageway for receiving freed, horizontally disposed product.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming and mounting in position wire arch supports for low level cultivation tunnels comprising in combination: a support chassis provided with or adapted to be coupled to drive means for displacing the apparatus in a given direction and rate; arch forming means carried by the chassis for forming arch supports from arch wire blanks; and arch displacing means carried by the chassis for imparting to each arch a displacement having a first component of the given rate and being directed opposite to the given direction and substantially normally to the plane of the arch and a second component directed downwardly and in the plane of the arch.