show fruit

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Another fortnight had gone by, and the long hours passed is the music-room, which had been temporarily converted into a studio, were beginning to show fruit in the shape of a nearly completed portrait.

From The Moon out of Reach by Pedler, Margaret

I cultivate in corn until they begin to show fruit, then in millet twice; I have never cultivated the orchard without a crop.

From The Apple by Various

After the plants have been topped, as above directed, let them run to six joints, and then top them again, when they will show fruit, which may be topped at the first joint.

From The art of promoting the growth of the cucumber and melon in a series of directions for the best means to be adopted in bringing them to a complete state of perfection by Watkins, Thomas

It may also be necessary to take off some of the shoots that show fruit where they are very thick.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William

Four of the largest trees show fruit, and each of these has only about a half-dozen of the globular cones.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)