11. Spruce trees produce chemicals, called terpenes, that are supposed to drive beetles off. 12. The author is growing offspring from the last batch of pecans the tree produced. 13. The foliage has gray undersides, and the tree produces beautiful red-and-white-flowers in spring. 14. The trees produce an intense fire that burns surprisingly quickly and can get out of control, causing a chimney fire or even burning through a mesh screen. 15. The tamarind tree produces a gnarled pod that hides within it a marvelous pulp with a taste reminiscent of sour plums. 16. These same two trees have produced blossoms every year since. 17. This, in turn, causes the tree to produce new leaves and sometimes fall blooms. 18. Those trees produce prime dove nesting habitat. 19. This spring the tree again produced scads of baby peaches, and when I saw some of them on the ground I placed netting around the tree. 20. This spring, the tree again produced scads of baby peaches, and when I saw some of them on the ground I placed netting around the tree. |