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

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.

CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable, too, but there’s ...

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.