For most fruit trees, pruning is a necessity to keep the tree healthy and producing a good harvest. These trees benefit from ...

There are many factors that contribute to how long it takes for fruit trees to start producing. Here's what to expect ...

Pruning in the dormant season is absolutely necessary for trees that form fruit on new wood. Nectarines and peaches are two ...

For the past two or three years, some apple trees in the Northeast have been showing signs of decline: off-color foliage, ...

The disease protection stems from the fact that if roots are already colonized by a beneficial AMF, it outcompetes the fungal ...

A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, which includes the domesticated apple and its ...

However, finding and buying the right fruit tree for your yard is like comparing apples and oranges—or cherries and figs. Each has its own maintenance, pollination, and pruning requirements ...

Firstly, most fruit trees don’t come true to seed. For example, the seeds from a McIntosh apple won’t grow into McIntosh trees. Secondly, cuttings don’t root very easily. Grafting joins ...

You can now grow olives and citrus in the cold, or apples in the desert. Something you might not know about fruit trees we buy today is that almost none are grown from seed. Instead, a young ...

Over a dozen additional fruit trees and bushes have joined ... blackberry bushes and apple, plum and pear trees around Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School. “The response has been incredible ...