"Whoever thought planting them was a good idea deserves to have their car totaled by one in a mild breeze," one woman wrote.

Open center form: There is no central leader; instead, the tree has an open, vase-like form. This type of pruning works for almond, apricot, cherry, fig, nectarine, peach, pear, persimmon ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across ...

Depending on the size and variety of the pear tree, expect it to bear fruit between three to seven years of age. “You can ...

The Bradford pear (Pyrus callerana "Bradford") was originally developed as a way to help control fire blight in pear trees.

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

Pruning is an essential part of fruit tree maintenance, but doing it wrong can spell trouble for your trees. Here are the key pruning mistakes to avoid.

Onalaska High School natural resources students had an opportunity Wednesday to learn a practice utilized by fruit growers for thousands of years: tree grafting. "We're basically making clones," said ...

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Australia is threatened by dangerous trees. They have infested our cities, menaced our power lines, invaded our grasslands, ...

“You have to visit at least four booths and it’s optional to attend a tree pruning demonstration with ... We have a peach tree, a pear and an apple tree,” she said. Other items included ...