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

A: Apple trees commonly produce shoots where the trunk emerges from ground level, often termed crown suckers. If allowed to ...

Prompt and accurate diagnosis of the diseases of apple tree leaves are the key factors that ensure the health and production of apple orchards. This paper presents improved techniques of apple leaf ...

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

The Drap D'Or de Bretagna — or Golden Cloth of Brittany, in French, is one of a few historic apples that are the genetic ancestors of many of the common varieties we eat today. And the Verona Island ...

However, peach tree leaves have a smooth surface without hairs, while apple tree leaves have short pubescence. This difference may alter the scattering properties of light, resulting in different ...

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 ...

An apple may not fall far from the tree, but for a leaf, it depends on its shape. Elm or apple leaves — oval and symmetrical, with few protruding lobes — fall quickly, making them likely to ...

Fruit is the easiest way to determine whether you have a crabapple or apple tree, but the tree's height and bloom time can also provide you with hints.

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