Abstract: An apparatus for picking up melons lying on the ground, comprising: a frame; wheels supporting the frame; an upwardly and rearwardly sloping concave ramp carried by the frame and up which the melons are adapted to be rolled, the front end of the ramp being substantially at ground level; a melon pickup mechanism for rolling the melons up the ramp, comprising laterally spaced, coaxial tires mounted on the frame above the ramp for rotation about a transverse horizontal axis, the tires being above ground level and being engageable with melons on the ground ahead of the ramp to start the melons rolling rearwardly before they engage the front end of the ramp; a drive on the frame for driving the tires in a direction to cause them to roll the melons toward the front end of and up the ramp; and a transverse melon receiving conveyor at the rear end of the ramp.