droppage
Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut its forecast for this season's citrus production in Florida by 5%, to 146 million boxes from 154 million. Among the reasons it cited was an increased rate of droppage—a term referring to fallen fruit—now projected to be the highest since 1970.
"Droppage" is also used to refer to fallen fruit other than citrus, including stone fruit, grapes, cranberries and even tree nuts such as almonds.
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