Gardeners growing fruits, including apples, pears and raspberries, should mark their calendars this month. February is an ...

The apple crop was extremely variable this year. Some trees produced beautiful crops of apples while others produced a small crop or, in some cases, a crop of very small apples. There were also ...

Excessive fruit set can lead to smaller, lower-quality apples and can negatively impact the tree's health and future production. Recent research has focused on various thinning methods ...

If you want to plant a fruit tree in your backyard to grow your own apples or pears, consider whether you'll need more than ...

At Oewerzicht Farm, in Greyton, one such trial included a new pear, the European and Asian pear cross PremP009, marketed as ...

For a lot of people, there’s nothing more “holistic” or “natural” than going to an apple orchard and picking their favorite fall fruit themselves. But the truth is, when you shine up that ...

All kinds of tasty fruit can be grown in containers in small spaces, from dwarf citrus to cherries, apples, pomegranates, ...

There are thousands of pear varieties globally, however, a much smaller selection of European and Asian pears are commonly ...