You can’t judge a book by its cover, and, likewise, you can’t pick a tree based on a photo of its fruit. Throughout the country, folks will spend the spring picking out trees based on staged photos of ...

He taught us to recognize the diamond pattern on hickory bark and reminded us to check whether branches were opposite or ...

Apple picking season is in full swing and, thanks to excellent growing conditions in 2025, trees in private gardens and community orchards across the UK are yielding bumper crops this autumn, ...

After fruit was thinned to 8 inches apart, this 5-year-old tree still produced 84 large apples. Many fruit trees — including semidwarf varieties — can easily grow to 15 feet and taller. Anyone who has ...

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.

If you’d love to grow fruit trees but think you don’t have the space, think again. You don’t need an orchard or even a large backyard to enjoy garden-picked fruit. This East Bay garden has transformed ...