By pruning, we help the tree grow stronger, which not only boosts fruit production but also ensures the tree is sturdy enough to support the fruit until it ripens in the fall. Pruning also ...

His doctor said – no joke – that Green, 47, was developing arthritis from signing so many books: more than 700,000, he estimates, over the past 10 years. For his latest, Green signed more than ...

They also tend to have high nutritional value for many. A fig is a soft fruit with a thin skin that can be either green or purple. The flesh of a fig is typically red, and the entirety of the ...

Before dying in 2020, the Old Apple Tree oversaw the Hudson's Bay Company's exit to Canada, Americans gaining Fort Vancouver, the establishment of Washington as a territory and a state ...

A healthy fruit tree is a magical thing. Besides providing a wealth of delicious food, a thriving tree creates shade and beauty and increases biodiversity in your yard. To keep fruit trees healthy and ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling ...

For Sam Van Aken, grafting — a horticultural practice of joining two or more plants together — is about more than just creating the best harvest. It's a way to preserve trees, particularly ...