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Recent Examples of fruiting
Pruning helps the plant focus its energy on fruiting for better fruit quality, manages plant size, and provides better air flow around the plant.
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Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
But Heusinkvelt recommends keeping fruiting crabapple trees further in the center of your lawn and away from driveways and sidewalks, where the fruit can be trampled and tracked around by shoes and tires.
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Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
14 May 2026
Fall-fruiting raspberries fruit on canes that grew in the current season (primocanes), whereas summer-bearing raspberries only develop fruit on second-year canes (floricanes).
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Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
31 May 2026
But Heusinkvelt recommends keeping fruiting crabapple trees further in the center of your lawn and away from driveways and sidewalks, where the fruit can be trampled and tracked around by shoes and tires.
—
Cori Sears,
The Spruce,
14 May 2026
Fall-fruiting raspberries fruit on canes that grew in the current season (primocanes), whereas summer-bearing raspberries only develop fruit on second-year canes (floricanes).
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fruiting
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After flowering, the foliage continues to photosynthesize and generates energy, which is stored in the roots.
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Each flowering stem adds blooms to the end, so the stems can become long and tangled over time.
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The story follows one family who plants bulbs, seeds and seedlings to create a rainbow of blooming flowers.
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With a touch of your grandmother’s style and blooming flowers in every patch, this quilt is our favorite pick for Southern summers.
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Careful consideration of cover crop species selection and drone seeding timing will improve drone seeding success.
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Previous cloud-seeding controversies Cloud seeding is now at the center of the rise in weather‑control conspiracy narratives after disasters, such as the tragic Texas floods of 2025 that killed dozens of people, many of them children.
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In addition to environmental education and advocacy, the center’s mission includes propagating rare and endangered native plants and rehabilitating birds of prey, reptiles and amphibians.
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Ahead, experts share their go-to methods for propagating a lemon tree the right way.
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“Fruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruiting. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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