Pruning apple trees has many benefits. It can prevent damaged tree limbs from harming other branches and increase airflow ...

Few activities in gardening are as satisfying as tending to your own fruit trees. Among the most beloved are apple tre ...

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.

They're also naturally resistant to scab, so they'll require less maintenance than other apple trees. Zones: 4 to 9. Size: Standard trees grow 15 to 20 feet tall and wide; dwarf varieties are smaller.

For apple scab, do one spray now while the tree is dormant and the tips of the buds are green. Spray again later in winter when bud tips are pink, but before blossoms open.

Codling moths—among the most common apple tree pests—can be deterred by planting parsley around the base of your tree. Zones: 3 to 11. Mature size: 12t o 18 inches tall.

Gene variation makes apple trees 'weep,' improving orchards. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 / 230720124905.htm ...

Apple historian John Bunker poses with his Drap D'or painting near the apple tree on Verona Island. (Esta Pratt-Kielley/Maine Public) He's also grafted cuttings into his own orchard in Palermo.

We take a look at the Crab Apple Tree, one of Ireland's oldest native sacred trees. Editor's note: Below is an extract from the Moon Mná Diary-Journal. As the ‘Tree of Immortality', the native ...

BLACKFOOT, Idaho – When Jeanne Isom planted 200 apple trees at her Blackfoot, Idaho home in 1994, she never anticipated her family would own a thriving fruit farm 30 years later. Isom's Fruit ...