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Ratio Of Blooms To Harvestable Fruit In Citrus
« on: September 30, 2018, 05:36:00 PM »
In general, citrus trees bloom profusely in spring, but only a small number of flowers become fruit that stay on the tree and reach maturity until harvest. In sweet orange (Citrus sinensis), for example, less than 1 percent of flowers turn into harvestable mature fruit