Abstract: A rotatable assembly having a plurality of groups of three outstanding finger members spaced along an elongate drum of generally rectangular cross-sectional configuration. Two of each group of finger members are located in a common plane and the third intermediate finger member lies in a plane staggered relative to the plane of the said two finger members. The assembly is caused to rotate so that the finger members will contact fruit to be picked from a tree or the like. The fruit first contacts one finger member and is wedged between it and a next adjacent finger member lying in the same plane. As the assembly continues to rotate, the fruit is pivoted by reason of being wedged between the fingers, to twist the fruit relative its stem and enhance removal from the tree.