Improved tomato hook (1) which is provided with a holder (2) and a string (3), whereby the holder (3) is provided with a first stock (15) of string which is wound entirely round the holder (2) and which is designed to be systematically unwound, and a second stock (16) of string which is wound at least partly alongside the abovementioned holder (2) and can be entirely released from the holder (2) all at once, and whereby this second stock (16) is being held together by an auxiliary means (17) provided to that end.