This Thursday learn more about the citrus trees that are so important to Southern California's farmers, its history and its culture. Go pick a few oranges from your backyard tree, if you're lucky, or ...

With bare root fruit trees expected shortly, Dianne Norman hosts a timely discussion of fruit trees that can be grown in the Houston area so you can learn how to select the best one for your tastes ...

The pawpaw tree, which produces Ohio's official native fruit, is common throughout the state. Pawpaw fruit tastes like a combination of banana, mango, and pineapple and is harvested in late summer and ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

One morning last summer I was sitting at my desk, staring idly out the window, when a woman stopped in front of a nectarine tree in my front yard. The fruits were small and still pretty hard, so I had ...

Get information on proper rootstocks and chill hours, as well as pruning tips at the following sales that will offer varieties of apples and pears, stonefruit, citrus, berries, grapes, persimmons and ...

An art project featuring a live tree that bears 40 different kinds of fruit is more than just a conversation piece. The so-called "Tree of 40 Fruit" — blossoming in a variety of pretty pink hues when ...

Compass, Mirabelle, Long John, and Early Golden—they’re not a fleet of ships headed for the high seas. These are actually a few of the plum varieties artist Sam Van Aken worked with while creating his ...

JANE EDMANSON: Boy, what a corker of a summer day it's going to be and that's why it makes sense to get out really early in the garden. And we gardeners with mature fruit trees know that there's some ...

Here is the artist's rendition of what a Tree of 40 Fruit will look like at 10 years. Image courtesy of Sam Van Aken A tree that Sam Van Aken grows might look like any other—until it blooms. First, ...