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One effective way to keep your fruit trees healthy is to support their soil. Healthy soil provides essential nutrients and ...
Weather conditions so far in 2019 have damaged many of Maine's fruit trees, but despite the damage one expert predicts the apple crop will come in just fine.
Pay your love of the fruit forward by planting a tree or two. Or nine.
Like Maine, it’s far too cold there for fig trees. It was southern Italian immigrants in New York City who introduced the Endrizzis and the Facinis to the fruit.
This week's hot, humid weather sent people across central Maine looking for relief, and people in the Richmond area looking for ripe peaches at Pleasant Pond Orchard, where owner Shane Patrick ...
“Now we’ve had a lot of years when we’ve had 20 below weather, the trees have tolerated them because normally in a weather situation like that where it gets that cold normally it’s quiet.
Seth Yentes, co-owner of North Branch Farm and a longtime fruit grower in mid-coast Maine, whose fruit trees can be found at Fedco Seeds. David Fried, co-owner of Elmore Roots, ...
Maine fruit explorers at Great Maine Apple Day in Unity say all apples are edible, despite their appearance, though some may not taste good. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: ...
The homes of Lisa Gorman, front, and Amelia and Arthur Bond are seen June 4 in Camden, Maine. The Bonds, a wealthy politically connected Missouri couple, poisoned their neighbor’s trees to ...
Historians discover one of North America's oldest living apple trees in Maine. June 03, 2025. ... recalls Cameron Peace, the tree fruit geneticist at Washington State University who coordinated ...
Here is the artist's rendition of what a Tree of 40 Fruit will look like at 10 years. Image courtesy of Sam Van Aken. A tree that Sam Van Aken grows might look like any other—until it blooms.
CLINTON, Maine (WABI) - What used to be an annual tradition at a seed and tree cooperative in Central Maine is returning this weekend in a big way. Back in the 80s, Fedco Seeds began opening their ...