Growing heirloom apple trees is becoming increasingly popular among home gardeners. With their hardy parentage, heirlooms are resilient and fairly easy to grow. There are dwarf and semi-dwarf ...

Growing an apple tree indoors is rewarding because the right dwarf variety, pot, and care can give you fresh fruit year-round ...

MANY ARE PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND FOR SOME NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FAMILIES THAT MEANT A TRIP TO APPLE HILL TODAY. KCRA 3’S LEE ANNE DENYER BRINGS US TO EL DORADO COUNTY, WHERE FAMILIES AND ...

January may seem like a strange time to head back into the garden, but there is one specific job that gardeners need to do ...

Growing an apple tree is a great way to enjoy delicious, fresh fruit from the comfort of your own home. Once these plants reach maturity, they can produce hundreds of apples per year—so you'll always ...

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 ...

Bright red crabapples growing in clusters surrounded by green leaves growing on branch of a crabapple tree - Helen Reid/Getty Images What's the difference between a crabapple tree and an apple tree?

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

After months of watering, pruning, and watching your apple tree fill up with fruit, it's tempting to rush out and start plucking them. But not every shiny apple is ready to leave the branch just yet.

In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer. A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria, learned to fight ...

Here's everything you need to know to start your own home orchard. Growing an apple tree is a great way to enjoy delicious, fresh fruit from the comfort of your own home. Once these plants reach ...