show fruit
Example Sentences
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Thus, like garden-trees, they seldom show fruit, till time has robbed them of the more specious blossom.—Few, like Mrs. Malaprop and the orange-tree, are rich in both at once!
From The Rivals A Comedy by Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
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
As soon as the plants begin to show fruit, leave a few male blossoms to set the fruit with.
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
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)
