The deciduous tree supports the zebra swallowtail butterfly — a species that has all but disappeared from the Pittsburgh ...

Mark Hanrahan cut open a Cosmic Crisp apple on his orchard north of Buena on a hazy morning in mid-September. With a spray of iodine, he could tell by the ensuing coloration the conversion of starch t ...

On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba. The American pawpaw. The deciduous tree bears North America’s largest ...

With cold weather coming, it's important to prepare your fruit trees. Luckily, there are some things you can do now to help ...

A staff member presents the label of durians at a fruit distributor's operating center in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong ...

In Hollywood, Florida, there exists a sprawling culinary paradise that defies the typical farmers market experience. Yellow Green Farmers Market isn’t just a place to grab some fresh produce and go – ...

In a 4x4 bumping and rattling along a dirt road in Madagascar, Nomentsoa Randria­mamonjy explains a local idiom. A few ...

If you want to plant fruit trees to enjoy the joys of homegrown harvests, the fall is a perfect time to do so. The ground ...

October is the month for painted leaves,” wrote Henry David Thoreau in a wonderful essay called “Autumnal Tints” that a ...

Tis the season for the pomegranate, Punica granatum. This deciduous Mediterranean plant is a popular modern-day fruit. It has ...