Fruit trees enhance the visual appeal of your garden with their vibrant spring flowers and lush green foliage, and their ...

The profusion of tangled branches on an unpruned apple tree can look confusing to a beginner. Get started by making six basic ...

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 ...

If you're growing fruit trees, then harvesting the (literal) fruits of your labor is the most exciting part. To speed that process along, follow these tips.

In apple trees, diseases such as apple scab and powdery mildew thrive in humid, shaded conditions, while insects like aphids and codling moths prefer sheltered areas to hide in. Pruning increases the ...

It's much easier to amend and improve the soil before you plant than try to remedy the situation after your fruit trees start ...

If you have fruit trees, now’s the time to be on the lookout for codling moths. This is the time of year — mid-March to early ...

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County's Horticultural Hotline receives many calls about tree fruit problems. The changing nature of our weather has become a major issue. Winters have been ...