If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

Participants will be trained on safety considerations when pruning home or commercial orchards and will have the opportunity for hands-on practice.

Booming bird populations are searching for more food sources in the Adelaide Hills during the drought, devastating farmers in ...

Create a strong branch structure to hold the growing fruit Create fruiting wood where you want to pick the fruit Allow light ...

TWO community orchards have been created in Caversham and Emmer Green, writes by Tricia Marcouse. Reading tree wardens, led by Dave Kenny, planted a selection of fruit trees at Bugs Bottom fields ...

Pick n Pay has reportedly become the first retailer to introduce locally grown Sassy Apples, a new variety originally ...

DULUTH, Minn.– With the weather turning warmer, it was perfect timing for people to learn everything about pruning apple trees. Around 20 community members got their hands dirty while learning how to ...

Ghost apples are most commonly spotted in late winter, especially in orchards across the Midwest, where freezing rain and old ...

A small experimental apple orchard at Cornell’s Hudson Valley Research Laboratory may soon be topped by solar panels – which would not only track the sun to capture energy but ...

“A lot of times, our apples trees will produce way too many apples ... and they are hoping to have yet another successful season of apple picking in the fall. “People can just come out ...

National Trust rangers, volunteers, and community members planted 30 rare apple trees in Windermere last weekend.