small-fruit

Among small-fruit insects, the strawberry worms are readily destroyed with hellebore, an ounce to a gallon of warm water.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various

Take the Niagara district, with its small-fruit possibilities.

Canada Within the Empire 1921

In many of the high, cold counties in the eastern centre of the State, this ruling industry is hop-growing; in the western, it is grain and fruit growing; in sections along the Hudson, it is small-fruit growing, as berries, currants, grapes; in other counties, it is milk and butter; in others, quarrying flagging-stone.

In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879

The small-fruit branch of the rose family is assuredly entitled to respect when it is remembered that the blackberry is the blackest sheep in it.

Success with Small Fruits Edward Payson Roe 1863

When, between six and seven years ago, I wrote the descriptions of the various kinds of fruit then in vogue, I naturally and inevitably reflected the small-fruit world as it then existed.

Success with Small Fruits Edward Payson Roe 1863

About 150 million tons of blueberries are in storage nationwide, said Carlos Garcia Salazar, a small-fruit specialist for the Ottawa County Michigan State Extension office.

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"We identified the possible mutations responsible for the evolution of large fruit by examining the sequence of the 'small-fruit' allele and the 'large-fruit' allele."

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