Abstract: A vegetable harvesting device or cutter (8) for harvesting a harvest portion from a plant, e.g. okra, which plant has a harvest portion supported at the end of a stem. The cutter includes a conduit member (10) that has a passageway (12) therethrough. The passageway includes receiving and discharge ports (20 & 16) and is adapted to allow passage of a desired harvest portion and to receive a portion of the stem adjacent the harvest portion. The perimeter of the receiving port is defined by a peripheral lip located at a surface of the conduit member and has at least a functional portion lying within a plane. A hand-actuated, squeezeable severing means or cutter is in operational connection with the functional portion of the peripheral lip and is selectively responsive to an operator for harvesting the harvest portion by severing the stem while a section of the stem is received within the passageway of the conduit member (note FIG. 4 ).