fruitlet
Small developing fruit
A fruitlet is a small or immature fruit, especially one of the individual segments that make up a compound fruit like a raspberry or blackberry.
In agriculture, fruitlet refers to developing fruit shortly after pollination, before it reaches full size: We thin the fruitlets to improve the size of the remaining apples.
Closed one-seeded fruit
- berrySmall edible fruit
- drupeSeed-bearing fleshy fruit
- pomeFruit with seedy core
- carpelSeed-bearing flower organ
ovary · pistil · receptacle · pericarp · endocarp · aggregate · multiple · simple
Not fully developed
budding · embryonic · incipient · juvenile · undeveloped · early-stage · formative · maturing
achene
Closed one-seeded fruit
carpel · ovary · pistil · receptacle · pericarp · endocarp · aggregate · multiple · simple · ovule
immature
Not fully developed
nascent · budding · embryonic · incipient · juvenile · undeveloped · early-stage · formative · maturing · swelling
picking
Act of selecting
- thinningReducing density or number
- cullingSelective population reduction
- gradingAssigning marks to work
sorting · drop · abscission · bearing · cluster · bunch · truss · spur
thinning
Reducing density or number
- orchardFruit tree plantation
- pruningCutting vegetation for health
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
pollination · cultivation · yield · crop · pesticide · fungicide · spacing · apple · pear · citrus