Header for harvesting stalk-like plants with a picking gap oriented transversely to the direction of travel

A header for harvesting stalk-like plants comprising a number of gatherer assemblies and an intermediate conveyor, the gatherer assemblies arranged side by side for cutting off plants and conveying the plants to a picking device arranged downstream of the gatherer assemblies, the picking device extending transversely to a direction of travel, the picking device including a picking gap and a stalk roll below the picking gap to separate fruits from the plants and to deliver them for a separate utilization, wherein the picking device extends over at least one half of the header, the gatherer assemblies each comprise an infeed conveyor, the infeed conveyor rotating around a vertical axis and configured for cutting off the plants and for conveying the cut plants into an arc-shaped conveyor channel, wherein at the rear of the intermediate conveyor a finger roller is arranged, which is rotatable around a rotational axis oriented transverse to the direction of travel and is provided with a finger arranged eccentric to the axis of rotation, which finger moves at least partially over the end area of the conveyor channel.