mounted to the base 62 at an angle with respect to the direction of travel of the radish 24 for easily removing the cutting blade 70 for servicing or replacement the cutting blade 70 is preferably disposed within a slot 72 formed in the base 62 as best seen in fig4 the first cutting blade 70 is mounted at an axial elevation with respect the radish 24 so as to cut off a bottom portion or tail 46 of the radish 24 as it travels through the cutting mechanism 16 the tail 46 of the radish 24 then drops off in the direction of the arrow as indicated in fig1 c at this point the bottom portion or tail 46 of the radish 24 has been properly removed by the cutting mechanism 16 as the radish continues to travel through the cutting mechanism 16 a second pair of rotating belts 74 76 engage a top portion of the radish 24 as best seen in fig1 c unlike the belts 50 52 the belts 74 76 rotate in the same direction similar to the belts 50 52 the belts 74 76 are preferably spaced apart a suitable distance to allow the radish 24 to frictionally engage each belt 74 76 as the radish 24 passes through the cutting mechanism 16 the belts 74 76 are preferably made of a durable rubber material for frictionally engaging the radish 24 without damaging the radish 24 each belt 74 76 is driven by a drive spool 78 80 respectively the tension of each belt 74 76 can be adjusted by a spool 82 84 located at the other end of each belt 74 76 the drive spools 78 80 may be rotatably mounted on a.