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 ...

Gardeners with apple or pear trees are being urged to check them this January for a potentially deadly disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, advises in his book that ...

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 ... apricots, pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly affected by fire blight, apple scab, fruit rots, rusts, and powdery ...

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

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about specific apple tree sprays and commiserated about fake hosta seeds.

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