If left to their own devices, most apple trees grow into large, globe-shaped trees, with the best fruit forming on the tree’s outer perimeter, high above convenient apple-picking height.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach will be holding a hands-on workshop to teach proper pruning techniques for fruit ...

Maybe this has happened to you, as it has to me. You eat a delicious apple. You think, hey, I'd love to grow a whole tree full of these apples! Then you think, hey, if I plant the seeds from this ...

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

Increasing daylength and warmer days tells us spring is not far off. While certainly too early for any outdoor planting or soil work, we have advanced into the start of ...

The most commonly planted fruit trees are apple trees but you don't always have ... check that roots aren't congested and choose younger trees (1-3 years) which tend to establish quicker.

The term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall. It makes the tree easier to prune and the fruit easier to pick. This decorative method was often used ...

Apples are the most common homegrown fruit in Northern regions. Most apple tree owners know they’re supposed to prune their trees, but it’s not always clear how to do it. Apple tree pruning ...