(under subclass 26) Apparatus in which the part of a plant which is normally disposed above the ground is progressively severed at different positions spaced along the path traversed by the plant recovering means.
(1) Note. The plant may be either in its natural position in the earth or it may have been removed from the earth when either or both of the severing positions are reached.
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5, for cutters disposed in a generally vertical plane which may trim the edges from plant vegetation prior to the removal thereof by a separate cutter.
