A pair of pruning shears in March can decide the fate of an entire summer harvest. One careless cut can remove future fruit, ...

There’s something deliciously ironic about a place called Lonely Dell Ranch being one of Arizona’s best-kept secrets. Tucked away in Marble Canyon, this historic homestead is where you can experience ...

A step-by-step guide to cultivating delicious figs at home.

From super sweet varieties to those with amazingly beautiful blooms, these dwarf plum trees show you can grow a fruitful ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

Managing fire blight and bitter rot in Michigan. Michigan State University tree fruit pathologist George Sundin discusses fire blight during the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO in ...

Fruit trees are dormant. So are all the diseases and insects that prey on the fruit trees. The trees and insects will come to life when both the hours of ...

Dreaming of harvesting peaches, plums, apples or figs from your own backyard? Growing delicious homegrown fruit starts with planting your tree correctly — and at the right time of year. Hartmann ...

A: Fruit trees in the Sacramento Valley face a variety of fungal diseases due to our Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters. Many fungal pathogens thrive during rainy periods, then infect new ...

Growing fruit trees in the backyard can mean delicious homemade jams, fruit cobblers, fresh-squeezed juice, and home-grown goodness to add to any meal. Enjoying the fruit is the easy part. Keeping ...

Though you can prune a lemon tree any time of year to remove problem areas, the best time for an annual pruning to promote fruit production is after harvesting the fruit, usually in late winter to ...