Fruit in nine crates, rotting (10)

I believe the answer is:

nectarines

'fruit' is the definition.
(I know that nectarines is a fruit)

'nine crates rotting' is the wordplay.
'rotting' indicates an anagram.
'nine'+'crates'='ninecrates'
'ninecrates' with letters rearranged gives 'NECTARINES'.

'in' is the link.

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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