‘Okame’ cherry has a distinctive vase shape as it grows 20 to 30 feet tall.Its bright pink flowers and shiny red bark are a pleasing combination. Its leaves turn bold orange-red in autumn. It ...

Orchards established by Mormon pioneers are still producing fruit in Utah. Experts say heirloom fruit varieties can be insurance against climate change, even as hotter summers threaten those trees.

The “Tree of 40 Fruit” is Van Aken’s creation, a single tree that can produce 40 different stone fruits, or fruit with pits, including peaches, apricots, plums, cherries and nectarines.