be in flower
Example Sentences
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Miss Hope says she believes they'll just be in flower.
From The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story by Angela Brazil
It will produce excellent food till it begins to be in flower, when it should immediately be ploughed up.
From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
"Dear me," said the Rath, "what may that be in flower there?"
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
It is my theory that present chestnut breeders are crossing inferior material, using any specimens that happen to be in flower at the right time as long as they represent the species to be crossed.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association
It is not the season for them to be in flower yet; but when it is, I think we must take a walk there—with our luncheon in a basket—a little picnic in fact.
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
