Dell wrote > A deranged gardener told me, > once, that if you strike the trunks > of fruit trees with a club, they will > feel threatened and produce more > blossoms ? and presumably, more > fruit. I tried this on my worsleya, > and it didn?t work. This is an extremely old superstition, involving calling on the spirit of the tree. You can read about it in The Golden Bough by JG Frazer, an anthropologist of a century ago. This is a still-wonderful book I give to friend's children when they graduate from high school. Leo Martin Zone ? Phoenix Arizona USA