Do most ALL “fruit” and/or nuts fall from the trees in around Autumn every year?
Fruits and nuts may ripen and fall from the tree at different times depending on the type of fruit/nut. Early blooming fruits may mature earlier than later blooming fruits, or one type of fruit may take longer to mature than another. Some fruits (persimmons) require frost to become sweet. Different varieties of the same fruit can mature several months apart. The link below shows maturity times of apples in Australia, but substitute June for December, July for January, and so on to get northern hemisphere maturity dates. Many fruits are ripe by mid to late summer. Nut trees tend to ripen later than fruit trees. Pecans start ripening in October. Chestnuts ripen as early as mid September into November. Walnuts ripen from late August through November. Hazelnuts are harvested in September and October. Pistacios are harvested late August and September. The almond is actually a fruit related to the peach, but we eat the seed. There is little flesh to the almond fruit, and the fruit splits mid
