With winter's cold days and colder nights keeping us company, an afternoon sitting in front of the fire appeals to me. Instead, I spend a couple of hours raking up the leaves, twigs and deadfall ...

Q. My crabapple tree leaves are all turning yellow and dropping off the tree. What's wrong – and how do I fix the problems? A. Your issue is a result of the wet weather we experienced this spring. We ...

It is nearly time to begin spraying crab apples that are susceptible to apple scab (typically this disease affects older varieties of crab apples). If your tree's leaves become covered with black ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – Apple growers in the eastern U.S. have a despised enemy known as apple scab — a disease caused by a fungus that forms ugly brown or greenish-black pockmarks on the fruit's skin.

The fungal infection causes dark scabby lesions on the leaves and skin of the apple, which leaves the flavor unaffected, but does effectively make it unsalable. “It’s a huge issue,” says Peter Wagner, ...

We’re entering a busy time of year for our local orchards. The trees are beginning to break their winter dormancy, and the orchards will soon be full of blooms. As your home apple trees begin to grow ...

BOULDER COUNTY – Gardeners who plant apple trees are hopeful souls, putting in saplings as they dream of future pies, sauce, and tarts. With each season of growth, we croon encouragement at the plant.

Winter in the garden means it’s time to get out the dormant spray. If your fruit trees and garden produced more disease than fruit and flowers this year, you should think about using a preventive ...

CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable, too, but there’s ...

Apple growers may benefit from sophisticated weather models being developed at UNH that could predict when an orchard is at risk for infection.New Hampshire grows more than $10 million in apples ...