Growing fruiting apple trees in your yard? Consider growing these companion plants nearby to help ensure you enjoy a ...

The fact that apples grown from seedling trees are extremely tart and basically inedible — as opposed to cloned or grafted ...

Left: Passion fruit flower. Photo via Wikimedia / Right: Papaya fruit flower. Photo via Wikimedia.

If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

An unpruned apple tree becomes a tangle of crisscrossing branches that sunlight can’t penetrate. Pruning thins out the canopy, allowing more sunshine to enter, resulting in more flowers and more ...