Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week, Tom advises a reader whose apple and pears trees have been plagued by leaf curl year after year - Alamy We have two ...

It's ironic … in order for farmers to know if their fruit is ripe, they regularly have to pick and analyze pieces of that fruit, reducing their yields. Utilizing a new technique, however, they could ...

Fruit trees, whether it's apples, pears, figs, or nectarines, are wonderful to grow for a surplus of your favorite fruit when it's harvest time. Growing fruit trees requires space, time, and proper ...

How can you tell if fruit has reached its optimal ripeness without picking it, touching it or carrying out any test that might damage it? A research team from the Department of Analytical Chemistry ...

Winter fruit tree pruning starts as soon as leaves drop from the trees. It’s easier to see the branching structure of the tree — I call it the tree’s “architecture” — after the leaves are gone. This ...

Q: I have a 9-year old apricot tree that produced a bumper crop of delicious apricots each year. However, this year there is an abundance of fruit set but not many leaves. Unless the number of leaves ...

My crab apples look terrible this year and have lost a lot of their leaves. The remaining leaves have spots on them. What can I do to help my trees? — Tom Halvorson, Barrington Many crab apples in the ...

Autumn drapes gardens in gold, but that cosy leaf blanket hides a costly surprise for anyone who tends fruit trees. Many home growers love the idea of letting nature do the tidying. It looks gentle, ...