Rootstocks and cultivars play a crucial role in the production of fruit trees, influencing their growth, yield, and resilience to environmental challenges. Recent research has focused on ...

The first step to quickly transforming your yard into an orchard is selecting trees that fruit between one and five years.

Citrus rootstocks play a crucial role in determining the overall health, productivity, and fruit quality of citrus trees. Recent research has focused on evaluating various rootstock options to ...

Grafting fruit trees - combining two or more different trees into one - is a fun undertaking for gardeners. Here's everything you need to know about it.

The fruit of early ripening trees tends not to keep well whereas later ripening varieties are suitable for storing over winter. A key factor in getting a successful crop is the tree's rootstock.

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 ...

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