Quotation by

Walter Scott

Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.

Nature

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If a tree does not produce flowers during the spring season, it will not have any fruit to offer later in the year. This means that the presence of blossoms is a necessary step for the tree to eventually bear fruit in autumn.

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