9/6/99

The labor intensive work involved in small scale mango production uses little or no machinery.  Besides the use of a basic tractor or flat bed truck to move and deliver  packed fruit the majority of the work is done by hand.  Cherry pickers and picking poles are used to gather the unreachable fruits and the rest is harvested in buckets.  The work atmosphere is casual and high paced as laborers are friendly and interested in being photographed.  

keitt harvest
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Florigon harvest
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Keitt harvest
© Ian Maguire/UF TREC

  
 
© Ian Maguire/UF TREC

 
 
© Ian Maguire/UF TREC

 
 
© Ian Maguire/UF TREC
 
 
 
© Ian Maguire/UF TREC