Abstract: There is disclosed a device for removal of rind from melons which has a cutting station with a flat, planar, cutting member having an upwardly facing cutting edge mounted on a flat planar pressure shoe, a rotary feeder having a body with an external surface of revolution with a plurality of teeth distributed about its external surface and rotationally mounted at the cutting station adjacent to and spaced apart from the cutting member by a distance sufficient to permit passage of separated rind; a drive to rotate the feeder; and a feed chute to introduce sectors of fruit to the cutting station for engagement with the rotary feeder.