Improved Crop Harvesting Apparatus

An apparatus for selectively harvesting a plant material comprising a stem, the apparatus comprising:

• a first plant material engaging portion being rotatable about a first axis,
• a second plant material engaging portion being rotatable about a second axis in the opposite direction to, and synchronized at a fixed ratio with, the rotation of the first plant material engaging portion,
• the first and second plant material engaging portions each having a moveable plant material engagement surface configured to entrap a first respective upper portion of a plant stem therebetween and with continued rotation of the first and second plant material engaging portions pull the entrapped first respective upper portion of the plant over a time period so as cause increasing tension in a second respective lower portion of the plant stem,
• the second plant material engaging portion comprising a plant material breaking surface which is moveable along an arc so as to contact the second respective lower portion of the plant stem,
• wherein the plant material breaking surface is shaped so as to form a bend in the second respective lower portion of the plant stem as it is moved along the arc, and with the increasing tension in the second respective lower portion of the plant stem cause breakage of the second respective lower portion of the plant stem over the plant material breaking surface.