Abstract
We developed occupational gloves with a color chart on the surface with three grades of color (CC gloves) for persimmon fruit. Compared with the conventional color chart plate (CC plate), CC gloves were more useful because harvesting and color evaluation could be performed simultaneously. Moreover, harvesting practices were not obstructed by branches or leaves; therefore, time for color evaluation was reduced by 40% or more compared to the CC plate. When a first-time harvester used CC gloves, errors in harvesting persimmon fruit fell from 12 to 4%; thus, the CC gloves developed here would improve a farmer’s harvesting practices considerably.
