Imagine biting into a crisp, juicy apple picked fresh from your own garden. Growing apple trees at home is not just a rewarding endeavor; it also connects you with nature and enhances your culinary ...

Many of the most highly popular fruit trees can successfully be grown in containers thanks to dwarf modern cultivars ...

Soil Preparation: Apples thrive in well-drained, loamy soil. Test your soil pH and amend it as needed. Sunlight: Choose a planting location that receives full sunlight for at least six hours a day.

Ever try growing an apple tree from a seed? In this time lapse, we demonstrate how a seed was stratified after extraction ...

Most trees with long, flexible branches, such as apple, cherry, fig, peach, pear, plum and quince lend themselves nicely to ...

Per Illinois University Extension, sour, inedible crab apples are the only kind of apples that are native to U.S. soil; the ...

Growing conditions: Prefers at least six hours of direct sunlight each day and well-drained, sandy soil; does not tolerate ...

Farmers expect to harvest about 30 million bushels of apples this year. But they're also concerned that people are eating fewer of them.

Apple trees blossomed in the spring, growing their fruit over the summer, and now, crisp apples are just weeks away from being ready to harvest.

In this summer of “ Superman, ” American Fruit Grower ® magazine brings you Jim Engelsma. Extending a long line of industry ...