In 2023, the naturalist Tristan Gooley published "How to Read a Tree." The book's title and my grandfather's greetings recalled my memories of the orchard. My grandfathers would ask, "Do any two trees ...

This strategy comes from what's called companion planting. It's a gardening philosophy and practice that encourages plants to ...

Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.

Apple trees are an investment not just in one's kitchen (fresh apples? delicious), but also in the value of one's home and garden for so many reasons.

How to Draw a Tree David LaRochelle, illus. by Colleen Muske. Minnesota Historical Society, $18.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68134-321-1 ...

Recently, though, several apple historians stumbled across what they say is one of the oldest living apple trees in North America.

The Boulder Apple Tree Project (BAPT) began in 2017, when CU Boulder ecology professor Katie Suding’s children spotted an old apple tree growing improbably in an open prairie near their home. She ...

Pune's IUCAA, founded by Jayant Narlikar, once hosted saplings from Newton's apple tree, symbolizing science's legacy. Current trees haven't borne fruit yet.

CU students working on the Boulder Apple Tree Project are working to find and identify the oldest remaining apple trees in the area and research them.

Covering your bases means covering a lot when it comes to the puzzling rapid apple-tree decline (RAtD).

The profusion of tangled branches on an unpruned apple tree can look confusing to a beginner. Get started by making six basic pruning cuts.