In a 2012 survey, 71 percent of tree-fruit growers and almost 80 percent of raisin and berry growers said they were short of labor.

在2012年的一项调查中，71%的果树种植者和近80%的葡萄干和浆果种植者表示他们劳动力短缺。

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An apple tree producing square fruit is baffling experts.

一棵结方形果实的苹果树正令专家们感到困惑。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

He that would eat [have] the fruit must climb the tree.

要吃果子就得上树。

《新英汉大辞典》

During an on-crop year, growers often treat the fruit so it can stay on the tree longer.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

That is in addition to billions of dollars of aid to the Middle East and North Africa, including a $700-million Millennium Challenge Corporation grant to Morocco for fruit tree farming and small-scale fisheries as well as stronger financial services and enterprise support.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

While off-the-cuff comments about tree size may provide low-hanging fruit for late-night shows, they are not usually a good measure of a speech.

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Instead of fruit-tree wood, the ducks here are cooked in an oven with straw as fuel.

BBC: Sampling Beijing��s imperial duck

Ducks here are roasted with fruit-tree wood, giving the dish a special fragrance.

BBC: Sampling Beijing��s imperial duck