Young woman harvests fruit from multiple trees. - Davidf/Getty Images Multiple methods for propagating fruit trees? Why not just plant seeds? The reason is that the seeds of any fruit will produce ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

David Burns and Austin Young’s “Fallen Fruit Collage,” for “The Endless Orchard” (2015) (all images courtesy David Burns and Austin Young) In the past 50 years, the Community Gardening Movement has ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later-blooming ...

Want a healthy fruit crop? Early in the season, you may have to thin the fruit. Look for the healthiest, least damaged and largest among the cluster to keep and discard the others. Courtesy Johnson ...

“You can call a collection of peach and citrus trees an orchard, and you can call a collection of citrus trees a grove, but you can’t call a group of peach trees a grove. That term is reserved for ...

If you plan to grow woody plants such as fruit trees or grapevines, it is important to train them early. The first few years of growth determines the final shape and structure of a plant. I was ...

Optimizing tree architecture is a long-standing challenge in fruit production, as branch orientation directly affects light interception, labor requirements, and yield efficiency. This study shows ...