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

The apple crop was extremely variable this year. Some trees produced beautiful crops of apples while others produced a small crop or, in some cases, a crop of very small apples. There were also ...

In the quest to make apple trees ... the killing spring frost,” said Steve van Nocker, a Michigan State University professor and plant geneticist. Van Nocker wants to identify the genes ...