tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196684861139601443.post2251768958601676188..comments2023-10-14T02:56:38.197-07:00Comments on Up above to down under: Easy pickings? Things to consider when fruit pickingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03238464816674968403noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196684861139601443.post-71806263313161493822015-08-12T02:34:00.688-07:002015-08-12T02:34:00.688-07:00'Some say the man come to harvest the apple --...'Some say the man come to harvest the apple -- I say the apple come to harvest the man'. you are a dude. BE the apple man.<br /> ☮☮✌✌🍎 🍎Fictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12568052786973475034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196684861139601443.post-38349865551841969232015-08-08T00:29:33.944-07:002015-08-08T00:29:33.944-07:00correction - 2 bins was 30 bushels - not 60.correction - 2 bins was 30 bushels - not 60.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196684861139601443.post-3779355086138202212015-08-08T00:17:12.747-07:002015-08-08T00:17:12.747-07:00Ahhh yes … the joys of apple picking. I picked my ...Ahhh yes … the joys of apple picking. I picked my 1st season in New England in 1979 - a 150 acre farm and my first day was miserable … I think I picked two 15 bushel bins or 60 bushels and could hardly get the fork to my mouth at dinner. Only 1 or 2 pickers on the crew picked over 100 bushels in a day with any consistency. After 2 seasons I was picking 150 to 180 bushels on a good day … averaging 90-120 bushels a day. The 3rd season I took over the crew and did something no one had ever done before and picked over 200 bushels in a day. Year 5 I hit 235. Year 6 - 250, Year 7 - 285 and year 8 I picked 300 bushels or 20 bins in a day. My goal was 24 minute bins (15 bushels) - I could do 22 minutes in ideal conditions - that's a minute and a half per bushel (apprx 120-130 apples or 1 apple every 3/4 of a second). When I broke the 200 bushel barrier, 3 other pickers on my crew did the same … before that it was considered impossible. No one else ever picked 300 (6.5 tons) that I know of and I did it only once in 8 years of picking. A picker must realize that a grower has only so much time to get his crop in and cannot have a crew with more than a person or two that is only picking 2 bins a day. I expected my pickers to average 4 bins a day (60 bushels) … with a core of good pickers averaging more like 90-100 bushels a day. I could tolerate a person or two only picking 2 or 3 bins a day if they showed up every day and were consistent. We picked 150 acre farm that averaged 30,000 bushels in a season. In 1979 we received 52cents a bushel or $7.80 a bin … when I quit in 1986 we got 95 cents a bushel or $14.25 a bin. I had plans to pick in New Zealand but never made it. Every season the first two weeks were the hardest … but then you get in shape … and the picking gets bette and the weather cooler and once you hit your stride it is a helluva experience learning the Zen of Apple Picking. - 'Some say the man come to harvest the apple -- I say the apple come to harvest the man'.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196684861139601443.post-90506811549970999182013-02-20T22:06:13.233-08:002013-02-20T22:06:13.233-08:00Thanks for taking the time to write that. I'm ...Thanks for taking the time to write that. I'm working as a fruit picker at the moment and it sucks. I've been picking apples for 2 days, enough time to realize that I won't reach the minimum wage. Now they told me that I'm going to be reassigned to another job. But who's gonna pay me this 2 days of really hard work? <br />More people should know about this.lavergaxdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100913867345230250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196684861139601443.post-90139144330520451172012-09-19T04:47:43.555-07:002012-09-19T04:47:43.555-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.iffatalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08397610479494624458noreply@blogger.com