Q: Several years ago at the university orchard on Horse Drive, you gave us a list of five different peach trees to plant, each ripening at different times. We’ve enjoyed peaches from May through ...

Winter is the prime season for planting and pruning fruit trees, and a little thoughtful work now pays off in healthier trees and better fruit later. When pruning mature trees, […] ...

A great satisfaction comes from picking fresh fruit from your own apple, peach or cherry tree. However, successfully growing fruit trees in the Kansas City area can be a challenge. Proper pruning is ...

If you have limited space, want to have manageable fruit trees or want to try something cool in the garden, try espalier. Espalier is the art of growing fruit trees — usually apples or pears — by ...

Before irrigation systems were built in the state’s arid center, the San Juan Islands were Washington’s hub of apple ...

Editor's note: This article was first published in fall 2023. It’s fall and farmers markets are flush with fresh local apples and other produce, but one Hoosier delicacy — the pawpaw — remains rare at ...