A selection of fruit trees for sale at a nursery - Sergey Dudikov/Shutterstock If you're planning to purchase one or more fruit trees from your local nursery or garden center to plant in your yard, ...

Pruning fruit trees improves sunlight penetration and boosts fruit production. By opening the center of the tree to sunlight, higher-quality fruits form.

The United States' fruit and vegetable production, as well as the number of farms in the country, has been declining for decades while it increasingly relies on other countries to fill in the gap, ...

Have you ever noticed that your backyard apple or pear tree produces a large quantity of fruit one year, but a disappointingly small crop the next? This common occurrence is known as alternate bearing ...

Next time you enjoy a juicy pomegranate, save some seeds to grow your own tree.

University of Missouri Extension offers a six-part webinar series on the production of blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, elderberries and specialty berries. The classes will stream 6:30 ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Fruit crops play an essential role in human food consumption, as important sources of vitamins and other micronutrients. The industry around the production of these crops is additionally a key source ...

The production of fruit trees relies critically on the careful selection and combination of rootstocks and cultivars. Rootstocks are used not only to control tree vigour and enhance nutrient uptake ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - The Grand Valley is known for many things but two of the most famous are peaches and wineries. Most orchards and vineyards made it through winter without too much frost ...

Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel’s Flying Robots are already ...