摘てき果か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

fruit thinning; removing excess fruit

Agricultural practice of removing some young fruit to improve the size and quality of the remaining crop. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.

• リンゴの摘てき果かは6月がつに行おこないます。

  Apple fruit thinning is done in June.

• 今年ことしは摘てき果かを早はやめに始はじめた。

  This year we started thinning fruit early.