21. Since the tree, and the quality of the oil, can be damaged if the olives are shaken off, the fruit is picked by hand. 22. The low-hanging fruit has been picked. 23. The threat of a freeze last month led growers to pick fruit from some trees earlier than they might have otherwise. 24. The workers killed today were enroute to a farm near the village of Apartado where they were to pick fruit under contract for Chiquita. 25. Their wish list included picking orchard fruit, sighting bears, hearing ghosts, eating and more eating, and music. 26. Adriana Elena says she has lived in Spain for a year and a half, picking fruit when she can. 27. Childers was a popular stop for backpackers traveling in Australia where they could get casual work picking fruit. 28. Karen Fisher said bears rummage through trash cans and pick fresh fruit from backyard trees in her Trinidad neighborhood nearly every night. 29. Officials said many of the hostel residents were British working as seasonal workers picking fruit. 30. The foreigners are picking fruit at farms in central Israel, building interchanges on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, and even handling bags at the airport. |