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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, 23 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
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 23 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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All of these are members of the aroid family (Araceae) and are easily recognizable by their flowering apparatus, consisting of a spadix and a spathe.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 May 2026
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Pineapple requires regular, light, and frequent feeding with a high-nitrogen or balanced fertilizer to support the plant's thick, leafy growth before flowering.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
24 May 2026
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Travelers can also find hydrangeas blooming this time of year at temples and in parks throughout Japan.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2026
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Shrub choices might include caryopteris and the native fall-blooming witch-hazel.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Underneath the topmost layer (a user clicking through a browser), a comprehensive E2E setup involves mocking production endpoints, intercepting network requests, seeding databases, making precise assertions at every layer of the stack and integrating tightly with CI pipelines.—
Ethan Pronev,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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But before the pathogen was identified, some 30 passengers had disembarked and flown home to 12 countries, potentially seeding the planet with a virus that kills 38% of its victims.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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Fascism, then and now, is masterful at propagating and reinforcing its ideas through an aesthetic that captivates a large number of people.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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Avoid propagating plants that are actively flowering.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Fruiting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fruiting. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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