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, 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 to be divided into two halves. A multi-lane machine is also described that has a longitudinal frame, a fruit flight conveyor, movable upper and lower transverse heads, a station including a pre-cutting section, a pitting section, and a cutting section separated in succession.
