Growing the best fruit trees for your own flavorsome fruit is easy when you know which tree to buy. Homegrown fruit tastes ten times better than shop-bought produce, contains a greater density of ...

It’s always useful to keep in mind that when we buy a certain variety of fruit tree we are the beneficiaries of clonal propagation; that is, the fruit we harvest is coming from canopy growth (called a ...

Apple-Mature trees grow to 20 ft. Two varieties are needed for best fruit set. Fruit production expected during 3 rd year. Anna- Low chill apple developed in Israel. Trees are vigorous and relatively ...

Peaches are in season and this fruit tree produces a flat peach which is adapt to all climates (not just the cold). It tastes ...

Fruit trees are some of the best plants that you can grow in your yard. They're beautiful, offer some much-needed shade in summer, and they feed you. Even beginning gardeners can grow fruit trees in ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Matt Bunch, a horticulturist with the Giving Grove, offers tips on which varieties of fruit trees grow best in our area and how to plant and care for them. Shane Keyser [email protected] Growing ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. This year has been a year of bountiful harvests! From the first garden crops of spinach and ...

Pruning is an essential garden chore for healthy trees, and you may assume that fruit and shade trees have the same pruning requirements, but they don't.