One effective way to keep your fruit trees healthy is to support their soil. Healthy soil provides essential nutrients and ...

“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, ...

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 ...

Peace says he can't determine the exact age of a tree based on a leaf sample alone, but the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association says it's at least 200 years old, making it one of the ...

This apple is believed to be a cross between a Hunt Russet and a Blue Pearmain, and was first discovered by a farmer in Oxford County, Maine, in 1790. Records show the same tree was still standing ...

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 ...