Paul Locher explains how valuable apples were on the frontier of Ohio Country in the early 1800s, and how settlers improved ...

According to USDA-ARS, the impact of rapid apple decline is estimated to cost Pennsylvania apple growers about $13,000 per acre and New York apple growers $3,380 per acre. Jesse McDonald, a researcher ...

The effects of changing weather patterns have dealt a severe blow to plum farmers in Nyandarua County, transforming a once-thriving industry into a struggle for adaptation. In previous seasons, ...

Apples are the most accommodating and long lived of fruit trees, and they cope with our wet climate quite well. There are ...

“This tree is naturally adapted to our region ... plant by taking a cutting — a piece of stem — and grafting it onto an apple rootstock, which is the underground portion of a plant ...

Is your fruit tree looking sick or bearing bad fruit? Fruit tree diseases are common: Here's how to identify the problem so ...

Then, these Malus coronaria cuttings — along with cuttings from previous hunts — will be grafted onto an apple rootstock.

Then, these Malus coronaria cuttings—along with cuttings from previous hunts—will be grafted onto an apple rootstock. That will allow them to grow into trees which are identical to the original.

Then, these Malus coronaria cuttings — along with cuttings from previous hunts — will be grafted onto an apple rootstock. That will allow them to grow into trees which are identical to the ...

take a sample from a Malus coronaria tree Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Meridian Township, Mich. (AP Photo/Mike Householder) Researchers in Michigan and other top apple-producing states researchers are ...