American Fruit Grower Editor David Eddy says some things never change: You don’t cut your way to long-term success — you ...

The scale invariance in branch diameter dictates how much smaller a limb should be as it branches and how much investment a ...

Hoping to grow juicy lemons, plump pears, or crisp apples in your backyard? Our master gardener warns you to be wary of this mistake when planting fruit trees.

The apple crop was extremely variable this year. Some trees produced beautiful crops of apples while others produced a small crop or, in some cases, a crop of very small apples. There were also ...

For apple scab, do one spray now while the tree is dormant and the tips of the buds are green. Spray again later in winter ...

My hero is Larry Enter. Enter is a Master Gardener from Watertown who grows perfect apples on his 155 trees. Apples from my two trees turn out…let’s just say “less than perfect.” Enter ...

An excellent choice for a small ornamental tree with year-round interest is the kumquat or one of its hybrids, which do not ...

If fruits and vegetables aren't your thing, switching to a natural lawn can also have a huge positive impact on your local ecosystem. Natural lawns are pretty, and they attract native pollinators. As ...

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

You don’t need to own an orchard or live in the tropics to grow fresh fruit. You can grow dwarf fruit trees even if you have a small yard.

According to USDA-ARS, the impact of rapid apple decline is estimated to cost Pennsylvania apple growers about $13,000 per acre and New York apple growers $3,380 per acre. Jesse McDonald, a researcher ...