A fruit pitting and cutting method provides a fruit feeding along more fruit lanes, a pre-cutting stage to create an incision in the upper portion and the lower portion of each fruit (P), a pitting stage, in which the pit is separated from the flesh but remains inside the fruit, and a subsequent cutting stage in which a vertical cut is made in side parts of each fruit (P) to be divided into two halves. A multi-lane machine is also described that has a longitudinal frame (1), a fruit flight conveyor (3), movable upper and lower transverse heads (8, 9), a station (7) including a pre-cutting section (10), a pitting section (11), and a cutting section (12) separated in succession.
