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Originally posted byupstate81:
plus acorns are nuts not fruit. 
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duh....many kinds of nuts are fruit. Acorns are one of them. The word "acorn" actually comes from an old world word meaning "Fruit, berry". Oaks are not so much different than apples in the fact that they bear flowers in the spring, that need to be wind or bee pollinated before they develop fruit. Adverse weather during this time, like with apples, can deter fruit development.
How was your apple crop this year? We had to brace up many of our trees because fruit was so heavy. Due to the drought later in the season, bugs were not an issue and the heavy rains we had this spring saturated the ground deep so deeper rooted plants like trees fared well. By the same token, one can't hardly walk under the oaks around here for the amount of acorns on the ground.