Flower labor brings ripening fruits

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Flower labor brings ripening fruits

Jerry Davis For Agri-View
Jun 20, 2026
Jun 20, 2026

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Juneberries are usually consumed by birds, including cedar waxwings, before we notice the berries are ripe.

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Wild black raspberries, sometimes called blackcaps, are ripening now.

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Paired adult bald eagles without young nearby likely means their nest failed this year.

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Dry fruit on black walnut trees matures slowly; they will ripen and be falling in September.

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Tall beard-tongue has a 鈥榖eard鈥� of hairs on one sterile stamen 鈥� hence the unusual common name hidden in the flower of the prairie plant.

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Early strawberries are ripe and being picked at Bures Berry Patch near 蜜桃直播eveld in Iowa County, Wisconsin.

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A month ago, blooms on Juneberry trees, mulberry trees, black-raspberry canes, blackberry brambles and shagbark hickory trees were opening to insect and wind pollination. Plus strawberry blossoms and Mayapple flowers appeared.

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