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

We saw die-back in trees coming out of winter. In some cases, it is environmental stress from drought stress and winter ...

The North Carolina Cooperative Extension said Wednesday's storm was the third hail storm that has impacted Henderson County growers in about a month.

A preprint scientific paper out of Bee Labs points toward disease-carrying, parasitic mites’ resistance ... After his bees pollinate fruit trees in Eastern Washington, Hyatt goes straight into honey ...

The apple varieties whose flavors are familiar from the supermarket, such as Granny Smith, Fuji or Honeycrisp, are sprayed regularly with fungicides and other chemicals in commercial orchards.

It’s time for winter maintenance on apple trees. Here ... don’t neglect to find out how well your potential tree can fight off diseases. ... Chernoh recommends ‘Honey Crisp’ and ...

Some varieties also do poorly in humid or rainy areas susceptible to diseases such as fire blight or apple scab. Cortland and Empire apples, while ... For colder regions, zones 3 through 6, varieties ...

Breeders consider not only an apple’s flavor, texture and appearance, but also disease resistance, storage ability and shelf life. It takes from 20 to 25 years to develop and release an apple variety.

An apple tree in flower. The anther is the yellow section at the tip of the flower's stamens. Scientists like Susan Brown collect pollen from the anther and use it to cross-pollinate with other trees.

Maybe it's the crowd-pleasing Honeycrisp, the tart Granny Smith or the infamous Red Delicious. Either way, before that apple made it to your local grocery store or orchard it had to be invented ...