An apple tree ripe with red apples growing in the sunlight. - AnnaRoth108/Shutterstock There is one beautiful flower that adds fragrance and elegance to any garden ...

A machine vision system capable of locating and identifying apple king flowers within clusters of blossoms on trees in orchards was devised by Penn State researchers—a critical early step in the ...

You can grow apples in Southern California, but you must select low-chill varieties. Trees should be labeled with the chill requirements on the tag. Research before buying, since many apples may also ...

Broadly speaking, apples grow on trees in two basic configurations, spur bearing and tip bearing. The most common type we see nowadays are spur-bearing trees. Spurs are modified shoots usually less ...

On Verona Island, at the end of a dirt road, a couple dozen wizened apple trees stand sentry in a grassy field sloping down to the river. To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple ...

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-grown ...

A highly contagious disease that can wipe out an apple orchard threatens Connecticut’s fruit crop. But there’s help on the way. Fire blight, a bacteria that gets into the apple tree as it is flowering ...

A garden is more than just a pretty backdrop or a source of homegrown produce -- it's a living system, and the plants you choose can play a powerful role in supporting its health and biodiversity.

When you plant pretty trees with pink and white flowers in your backyard, the spring air fills with their sweet scent and lovely flowers. It’s like getting the best of both a backyard tree and a ...