fruitage

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But if religion is to have its full value as a 'last resort' in times of peril or affliction, it must have deep rootage, broad leafage and ample fruitage in the normal circumstances of life.

From Time Magazine Archive

You may have noticed that trees and plants, when they feel the approach of decay, sometimes seem to hasten their fruitage just at the last.

From Memorial of Mrs. Lucy Gilpatrick Marsh delivered June 22, 1868. by Thompson, A. C.

Nay, climb— Quit trunk, branch, leaf and flower—reach, rest sublime Where fruitage ripens in the blaze of day.”

From Browning and His Century by Clarke, Helen Archibald

Her gifts only grow to fruitage in the hands of workers.

From Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous by Bolton, Sarah K.

If there is the proper balance between summer pruning and winter pruning, combined with proper control of cultivation and fertilization, then the balance between vegetation and fruitage can be kept up.

From Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by Waugh, F. A.