Depending on the size and variety of the pear tree, expect it to bear fruit between three to seven years of age. “You can ...

Pruning is an essential part of fruit tree maintenance, but doing it wrong can spell trouble for your trees. Here are the key ...

Growing an apple tree in your backyard ... mistakes will yield more fruit. Start by removing dead, damaged, and diseased limbs by cutting back to the healthiest bud. Choose buds that are pointed ...

If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s ...

The fact that apples grown from seedling trees are extremely tart and basically inedible — as opposed to cloned or grafted ...

Create a strong branch structure to hold the growing fruit Create fruiting wood where you want to pick the fruit Allow light ...

Dr. Elizabeth Houghton recently graduated from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology. Her latest ...

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are working to learn more about how sweet cherry trees naturally protect their buds from freezing during cold winter months. This is critical for fruit trees because ...

Apple, pear, plum and cherry trees produce fruit in the summer months and are perfect for making ... "This should be done before any leaves or blossom buds show, so February is the last chance to get ...

Free-standing fruit trees or bush trees, such as those grown in an orchard should be pruned when they're dormant, in winter. Trained trees, such as espaliers, cordons, pyramids and fans should be ...

is a leading fruit tree authority, 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 ...

Come summertime, apple ... be looking at spraying your fruit trees with an organic winter tree wash." He adds: "This should be done before any leaves or blossom buds show, so February is the ...