I claim:
1. A means for cracking and removing the inner shell of a substantially spherical nut, such as a Macadamia nut, containing nut meat, from which nut the outer shell has been husked, said means comprising:
a hard transverse surface;
a vertical open tubular member of a predetermined length and having an upper open end and an open lower end, and further having an inside diameter sufficient to allow passage of the nuts therethrough, said member having an opening in its wall intermediate its ends adjacent the transverse surface, and spaced from said transverse surface by a distance at least as great the diameter of the nut to be cracked;
a nut feeder tube, said nut feeder tube being of substantially the same inside diameter as the diameter of the vertical open tubular member, the feeder tube having an upper open end to receive nuts, and a lower end communicating with the vertical tubular member through the opening in its wall;