Stuckey Apple Tower and Mechanical Harvester

Apple Tower in action at Orchardleigh Fruit Farm, Stembridge, with apples being loaded onto a lorry from above. The Stuckey Cider Apple Harvester on the right was developed by John and David Stuckey in the early 1980s, a prototype used in their 30 acres of orchards. It won an innovation award at the 1982 Royal Bath & West Show.