You can grow apples in Southern California, but you must select low-chill varieties. Trees should be labeled with the chill ...

On a remote island in Lake Michigan, old apple trees could have very rare, never-before-discovered genes that could help fight off future threats.

Hot and fresh doughnuts are irresistible, as any Krispy Kreme fan will attest. Those squishy, warm rings with their glaze coating that crackles when you bite into it are a thing of beauty. Krispy ...

Craig Dunning, a Washington grower with a small farm in the hills overlooking Lake Chelan, grows two apple varieties — Golden Delicious and Red Delicious. This year, he harvested only one of them.

Fruit trees are some of the best plants that you can grow in your yard. They're beautiful, offer some much-needed shade in summer, and they feed you. Even beginning gardeners can grow fruit trees in ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

When you're snacking on apples, you expect them to fragment with a loud crunch, the flavors to explode in your mouth, and for the delectable juices to run down your chin. If your local supermarket's ...

Red Delicious apples at the market (Photo caption: Tim Long, used with permission). If you’re looking for a native apple tree, you’ll to be disappointed. Apples, other than three varieties of ...

BELMONT — Apple-picking season is in full swing, and despite drought conditions causing small obstacles, family-owned orchard owners say the beautiful weather has brought customers out in droves.

This project uses Red Delicious Apple tree wood combined with an experimental epoxy mix in carbon silver and bronze/copper. After drying to remove moisture, the burl was cast to create a striking ...