Fruit & Pollinators

​Did you know:

• it takes 35 leaves to support the growth of 1 apple
• there are 80 -120 individual drupelets that make up a raspberry (a drupelet is defined as any of the small individual drupes forming a fleshy aggregate fruit such as a blackberry or raspberry), each one needs to be fertilized to have a fully formed berry
• the seeds are the true fruit in strawberries, blackberries and raspberries
• pollination can be improved by planting wildflowers next to the berries, a practice sometimes called farmscaping.

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