PURPOSE: To unmovably hold vegetables and fruits under conveyance, resolve the instrumentation error, prevent the collision among vegetables and fruits, and omit the recovery of dish plate in a pan conveyance type sorting machine.

CONSTITUTION: Bowl-shaped vegetables and fruits holders 42, 42 made of paper are arranged face to face, their lower sections are connected with an expandable connection section 43, and the connection section 43 is floated by leg pieces 45, 45. When a fruit is mounted on a hold section 44, the connection section 43 is lowered by its weight, the vegetables and fruits holders 42, 42 are rotated in the facing directions with the leg pieces 45, 45 serving as fulcrums to hold the fruit. The holders 42, 42 are made of paper, they are lightweight and inexpensive, a dish plate can be packed in a box together with the fruit without being recovered from the fruit after sorting, and the safe and smooth handling can be realized.