Abstract: Disclosed is a fruit harvesting apparatus (FHA) and method of use. The FHA provides for extended reach harvesting of fruit while eliminating the need for a ladder in order to reach the fruit and for facilitating the fruit's damage-free movement from a tree to a basket or like fruit storage bin. The FHA comprises a fruit harvesting head, a handle, and a chute. In practice, a user, holding the handle, positions the harvest head around a piece of fruit such as an apple that is hanging on a tree, so that the apple is located within the head. The user then moves the head such that the stem of the apple is caught in a notch of the head, and pulls the apparatus such that the apple stem is severed and such that the apple falls into the chute and descends into a fruit receptacle without bruising or damage.

Abstract: A decorative strap system includes an elongate strap, having a plurality of apertures disposed along its length, at least one ornament, removably attached to the elongate strap through one of the plurality of apertures, and means for substantially preventing rotation of the ornament in the aperture.