Abstract: The invention relates to the thinning and harvesting of fruit and flowers. The device is an apparatus that can thin flowers, since said device is able to reduce the number of flowers on a tree, or can harvest fruit from fruit trees or berries from bushes. To that end, the device includes an activation means (4, 4), configured to spin a shaft (2) and preferably made of calibrated steel, along which a plurality of filaments (3) are attached, said filaments being braided cords (3) that are approximately 3 mm thick and approximately 8 cm long.