Twenty years of hard work and dedication are being celebrated at Apple Tree Day Nursery which is starting to branch out by ...

Bob Hartman holds a Sweet 16, his favorite variety of apple to eat, at his nursery in Puyallup. The Olympian Some people say all apples taste the same. Puyallup nursery owner Bob Hartman knows better.

CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable, too, but there’s ...