STORAGE METHOD AND BASKET FOR DRYING PLANT LEAVES, PARTICULARLY TOBACCO LEAVES

摘要

A storage method and basket have been developed to facilitate harvesting, sorting and drying of plant leaves such as tobacco leaves. The basket (2) consists essentially of a channel (20), the shape and size of which can be adapted to the shape and size of the leaves (1) being harvested. Each end of the channel is terminated by an end plate (21). Handles (25; 26) facilitate handling of the baskets, possibly by mechanical means. Other means (24; 27, 28) are provided for stacking the baskets in either a close or distant relationship on top of each other.