[f. FRUIT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FRUIT; the process of bearing fruit. † In early use concr.: Offspring.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 12257 (Gött.). Þat þe geld þair fruiting find.
1862. Ansted, Channel Isl., IV. xxi. (ed. 2), 488. A white frost, will check the fruiting of the trees for several years.
18712. H. Macmillan, True Vine, iii. 115. The period of fruiting is accelerated by grafting.