Mandarins are harvested 
by clipping fruit with special snips. There are different kinds of snips 
see the separate video or the Citrus Harvest Handbook for more information. 
To clip the fruit lightly lay the snips on top of the fruit at the base 
of the stem and snip the fruit, snip the fruit as low as 
possible to the base of the stem. Do not leave high stems. High 
stems will damage and puncture other fruit. Trim 
off stems that are too high. Be careful not to scrape or cut fruit 
with the snips, do not cut bunches of fruit down as this can damage 
next season's fruiting wood. Do not pull fruit down, this 
can damage the top of the fruit, use a ladder to pick high fruit, 
double clipping is used to pick mandarins not in close range or 
on some orchards it is a requirement for snipping all fruit. Snip 
the fruit at an easily accessible spot, about two to 10 centimeters above 
the fruit. Bring the fruit closer to yourself, then snip the fruit. On 
some orchard's mandarin, picking bins might be covered with a 
cloth to protect them from sun and heat damage. Do 
not throw mandarins into picking bags, always place 
the fruit into bags.