The first step to quickly transforming your yard into an orchard is selecting trees that fruit between one and five years.

Having an indoor fruit tree may sound appealing, but not all fruit trees are suited for growing inside. Here are the ones to ...

Make sure the structure is strong enough to support the tree in crop. Follow our guide to growing an espalier apple tree. To protect your fruit tree from moths that will destroy the fruit and ...

Apple trees are grown from shoots grafted onto a rootstock ... such as cordon or espalier. Pruning encourages the tree to grow fruit, helps air circulate and lets sunlight onto the fruit. Remove any ...

The term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall. It makes the tree easier to prune and the fruit easier to pick. This decorative method was often used ...

Apples are the most accommodating and long lived of fruit trees, and they cope with our wet climate quite well. There are ...

The researchers also looked at the number of cold days; "chill portions" or the number of colder hours an apple tree needs to be dormant; the last day of spring frost; and growing degree days ...