During this marvelous spring season you have watched excitedly as your fruit trees have flowered spectacularly and you've seen many fruit begin to form.  Then, one day you are horrified to see that a large number of good sized fruit have fallen to the ground.  Don't panic, this is normal for fruit trees.  In fact, it even has a name: June Drop, chosen because this usually occurs in early June.

A fruit tree is only capable of supporting a certain amount of fruit. If every one of those flowers were to produce a fruit, the tree would literally collapse under the weight. Too large of a crop will strain the tree's resources and result in smaller fruit of...