Abstract: A fruit picker having an elongated pole with a remotely operable cutter at one end, and a fruit conducting and collecting sleeve coextensive with the pole for carrying fruit safely from the cutter to a collecting pocket at the other end. The sleeve has an open mouth under the cutter to receive detached fruit, which then travels down the sleeve to the pocket, the speed of travel being retarded by one or more restrictions formed in the compliant material of the sleeve by adjustable encircling bands. The collecting pocket has a flap which can be opened and closed from any position along the pole to unload collected fruit from the pocket.