Winter is tough on fruit trees. Very cold temperatures, heavy snow or ice, pests, and diseases can leave you with damaged or unproductive plants the next year. But if you take the time to winterize ...

To enjoy bushels of apples, pears, and other favorite fruits, there are a few fruit tree care tips that can enhance your harvest. Keeping your trees healthy will go a long way toward encouraging fruit ...

Master Gardener Michael Janik is a fruit tree expert who advises this for fruit trees in May: “Thinning is an essential step in producing larger, tastier fruit and will also help prevent damage from ...

Question: I’d like to grow my own fruit trees, but I’m short on space. Can I grow fruit trees in containers? Answer: We’re happy to say yes, you can. One of the great pleasures in life is picking ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

When Tom Spellman began lecturing on fruit trees more than two decades ago, his audience skewed primarily older with lots of people in their 60s and 70s. In recent years, that’s started to change.