If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.

Take a virtual tour of International Fruit Tree Association post conference tour stops where there was much to see and learn.

The developer hails its nutritional value and, in describing it, remarked: “You are basically looking at a blueberry in ...

In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I will show you how to eat passion fruit. I will also let you know what passion fruit tastes like. Passion fruit is a fantastic fruit native to Brazil ...

Dreaming of harvesting peaches, plums, apples or figs from your own backyard? Growing delicious homegrown fruit starts with planting your tree correctly—and at the right time of year. Tim Hartmann, Ph ...

Question: We recently moved into a home with two apple trees. I was told that they need to be pruned every year. Could you please give me some pointers on apple tree pruning? Answer: Apple and other ...

More than 600,000 tons of peaches are grown in the United States each year, and the fruit is a fixture of American diets. Yet scholars have had only a dim understanding of the iconic fruit’s early ...

Avocados aren’t the most obvious fruit to inspire a devoted following. They resemble an odd-shaped egg with a reptile’s bumpy skin, their pale greenish flesh is slimy and is rarely cooked, and their ...

There are several advantages to planting bare-root trees: they are usually less expensive, easier for gardeners to transport, and they will grow their roots entirely into native soil (rather than ...

Late fall and winter are prime time for planting trees in Louisiana. If you’re interested in adding some fruit trees to your landscape, you should first familiarize yourself with the concept of ...

Murici (Byrsonima [L.] Rich.), soursop (Annona muricata L.), cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum (Willd. ex Spreng. K. Schum.), passion fruit (Passiflora sp.) and peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) are ...