Abstract: The present invention provides an improved harvester particularly of the type for harvesting peas. The harvester employees an improved technique of harvesting peas and similar crops. Instead of attempting to break the stem of the plant by pulling it away from the ground, which is the usual technique employed by current harvesters, the individual plants are drawn upwards then cut with a cutting bar or like device. This technique may be utilized by harvesters built specifically for this type of harvesting, or by existing harvesters after modifying the reel of the harvester, The improved harvester comprises a cutting bar, a rotary reel, a plurality of tines arranged in a plurality of rows on the reel, cam tracks and cam followers for raising the plurality of tines relative to crops in front of the cutting bar, as the reel rotates, thereby lifting the crops upwards to a position for cutting.