Q: I want to get a red delicious and winesap apple trees. I know the winesap has sterile pollen, so it will not help the delicious with producing fruit. However, I heard having a crabapple tree nearby ...

Have you ever walked around your neighborhood only to discover a tree so beautiful you felt compelled to look it up? If it had pink and white flowers, chances are good it was a crabapple (Malus ...

CHASKA, Minn. — With all the wet weather we've had this growing season, lots of crabapples are looking bad. A big part of that is the fungal disease called apple scab, which impacts both leaves and ...

Fresh fruit is a great source of nutrients, fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and flavor. Eating it can lead to better health. However, it can take 7 to 10 years after planting fruit trees to get to a ...

I enjoy seeing residents grow some of their own food. It can be as small as growing a tomato plant on their balcony or as big as growing five acres of fruit trees. The amount of food grown doesn’t ...

As you stroll the aisles of your local nursery this time of year, you might find yourself getting hungry as you pass a portable orchard of apple, pear, plum, cherry and fig trees. As winter morphs ...

It's no surprise that your collective fruit lexicon tends to be punctuated by familiar favorites like apples, cherries, plums, and nectarines — and for good reason. These are the fruits that filled ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I was wondering if you could provide me with a list of which fruit trees need ...

Why this matters: Beaumont spent some $4,000 to plant fruit trees to improve area resident's access to fresh fruits. The city of Beaumont has recently planted fruit trees to help combat the city's ...