Fruit trees can be one of the most rewarding additions to your garden. A well-cared-for, mature apple tree can yield between ...

Any suggestions? — Marie F. In this reader-submitted photo, apple trees are seen with leaves still attached, an occurance known as marcescence. A: When leaves aren’t shed in autumn as normal ...

or remove fallen leaves," says Canney. "Apply organic fungicides—including copper-based sprays or neem oil—early in the season." Pests that love apple trees include apple maggots, aphids ...

and he favors delaying apple tree pruning until the time when the flower buds start swelling and through the start of leaf emergence. As Walla indicates, the risk of black rot canker fungus ...

Look for fruit spurs on apple and pear branches ... When pruning, don’t overdo it. Trees need their leaves to feed the roots and fruit. In any given year, don’t take more than 25% of the ...

Recently I was asked to look at some apple trees that were showing signs of distress. Many of the leaves were covered with irregularly shaped brown, dead spots. As soon as we approached the trees ...

Outside my office building is an old apple tree. It was planted about one foot from the foundation of the building and overhangs the door where most people enter. Every year, the tree leaves ...

Soon the apple trees will go quiet, drop their leaves, and enter a state of deep rest. This winter, I’ll try to prune more gently, and I’ll probably fail. Perhaps the trees will begin to move ...