Apples and persimmons are two of the most popular fruit trees for personal gardens, but they have quite different needs, especially in terms of cold weather.

EMPIRE, MICH. -- Elderly apple trees are scattered throughout Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, from the mainland to the Manitou Islands, dropping their fruit every fall like little notes from ...

Here's everything you need to know to start your own home orchard. Growing an apple tree is a great way to enjoy delicious, fresh fruit from the comfort of your own home. Once these plants reach ...

The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red Delicious. A key to protecting apples ...

Twelve-year-old Milo Weinberg remembers the apple tree at Cambridge’s Tobin Montessori School like an old friend. He played around its trunk for years. He learned to ride his bike around it. And when ...