I picked cucumbers one summer for 0.75 a bushel.
They wanted the tiny gherkins, not the table and salad sizes....................
Anyway, I was in northern Michigan and lived about a mile outside of town on the lake. The orchard would send a truck into town to pick up the kids who wanted to pick cherries then pass by my house where I would be standing on the side of the road with my bag lunch at about 6:30 in the morning and I would hop into the back with the other kids and off to the orchard we would go.........
It wasn't a permanent job since the truck would pick up anyone on the route and the orchard would give us vouchers for each lug picked and we would cash them in at the end of the day. I think part of the day was spent throwing cherries at each other until we got caught and scolded......LOL!