Apparatus for the cleaning of bulbous and tuberous plants with a frame with a washing area with an overflow for transporting the plants from the washing area to a separating area for removal of foliage and further rest material from the plants, with means for the supply of water to the washing area and/or the separating area, whereby the separating area is provided with a number of rolling bodies and in between the rolling bodies spaces are provided for the rest material to fall through, with underneath the rolling bodies a collecting area for the collecting of water, and whereby underneath the rolling bodies and above the receiving area means are provided by which leafage and further rest material can be removed and discharged from the water that has been led over the crops.
