sunscald
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sunscald
Example Sentences
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The other damage that your garden crops can suffer during a heat wave is sunscald.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2022
Acid fumes from smelters, frost, sunscald, dry or extremely wet weather, all limit the growth of trees.
From The School Book of Forestry by Pack, Charles Lathrop
Experiments have shown pretty clearly that sunscald, blossom-end rot and cracking are worse on trained plants.
From The Tomato by Work, Paul
It is determinate in habit and shy in foliage, increasing danger of sunscald.
From The Tomato by Work, Paul
Paper Wrap Gives Summer-Long Protection to Transplanted Trees Too commonly, transplanted nut trees suffer from sunscald injury on their southwest sides during the first summer in the orchard.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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