These diseases can disfigure the leaves and the fruit, reduce the yield, and weaken or kill the tree over time. The best way to combat them is to choose an apple variety that has been bred to ...

Planting fruit trees can bring a bountiful harvest to your yard. You can pick your own apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, and more. Not only can you enjoy delicious fruit picked at the peak of ...

Various diseases affect fruit, and some are caused by fungi while some are caused by bacteria ... plums, apricots, pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly affected by fire blight, apple scab, ...

JR Davis, an arborist with Davey Tree Service in Monroe, talks about tree pruning and common diseases, including a new one ...

Gardeners who have apple or pear trees are being urged to inspect them this January for a potentially lethal disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, suggests in his book's ...

Increasing daylength and warmer days tells us spring is not far off. While certainly too early for any outdoor planting or ...