Apple trees are an investment not just in one's kitchen (fresh apples? delicious), but also in the value of one's home and ...

Some apple varieties are self-fertile, that is, produce fruit when bees deliver pollen from one flower to another on that same tree. Others need a nearby tree of a different variety for its pollen.

Are fruit trees better in pots or the ground? The answer can help you plan your layout in a larger garden, and know what's actually achieveable if you're working with s more confined area, ...

Ward Upham, Horticulture Specialist with Kansas State University, provides these recommendations for pruning your apple tree back in to shape. Often the best recommendation for such a tree is to make ...

Dwarf apple trees are sometimes too enthusiastic to fruit, and by putting so much energy into fruiting, stems don’t grow enough and the trees are stunted.

The apple tree where Isaac Newton came up with the laws of gravity is still alive and flourishing in England in the orchard of Woolsthorpe Manor.

The winter of 2016, however, was rainy so your apple tree grew new roots. These new roots form at the surface of the soil and do not necessarily grow deep enough to tap into ground water.

Eastern tent caterpillars are those cocoon-building caterpillars you're now seeing in trees.

Mysterious lonely apple tree on uninhabited Hebridean island baffles scientists ‘Very rare’ pure European crab apple tree is one of just a handful ever found in Scotland ...

Another way to control Fire blight is be sure to pick up mummified fruit around the base of the tree. These “mummies” are a perfect breeding ground for bacteria and fungi harmful to fruit trees. A ...

When trees lean years after planting, that's a sign the roots are failing -- often from poor drainage or poor quality of soil. Staking won't solve the underlying problem.

CHELAN, Chelan County — On a rainy day in the hills above Lake Chelan, Dave Robison is checking his blossoming apple trees. Days earlier he had sprayed the trees across his 120-acre orchard to ...