Malachi 3:11 (King James Bible) neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field
Here we have two textual variants involving grammatical number. In the first case, the 1841 typesetter accidentally replaced the singular fruit with the plural fruits, probably because of the plural fruits earlier in this verse (“and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground”). As noted under 3 Nephi 24:1, that typesetter made quite a few typos in this quotation from the book of Malachi. As with other 1841 typos here in 3 Nephi 24–25, the 1849 edition restored the correct reading to the LDS text. Of course, the singular fruit is correct here; it is found in the earliest textual sources and in the corresponding Malachi passage. For further discussion regarding fruit versus fruits, see under Jacob 5:74.
The second case of variation in this verse involves the following singular field, which the 1837 typesetter replaced with the plural fields. This variant, although in disagreement with the singular field in Malachi 3:11, has been retained in both the LDS and RLDS texts. The critical text, of course, will restore the original field.
Summary: In 3 Nephi 24:11 the critical text will follow the earliest textual sources regarding the singular nouns fruit and field; in both cases, the singular number agrees with the reading in Malachi.