Peak apple picking season has arrived in Minnesota. The big picture: While it hasn't felt like fall, many local varieties are ...

Locals will mob farm stands and u-pick orchards for Hood strawberries or Rainier cherries mere days before they appear in ...

Did your favorite make the list? We polled readers to see what their favorite apple picking orchard is in Massachusetts.

Opening on Saturdays and Sunday is at 11 a.m. Orchards of Concklin, which offers apple picking on weekends, opened on Sept. 7 ...

Despite getting hit with hail this year, the selection at Cherry Hill Orchards is solid, says co-owner Corey McCleaf. He says volume is lighter than the 2023 bumper crop but the upside is individual ...

REGIONAL—Dave and Mary Fields could have chosen to create a lawn in place of the historic farmhouse that stood on their ...

What follows is a sampling of orchards within an hour’s drive of downtown Omaha where you can pick your own apples, whether you’re looking for Macintosh, Pink Lady, Honeycrisp or Gala. Varieties ...

Large apples hang on trees in orderly rows at the Adventurous Souls Apple Orchard located one mile south of Le Mars. Owners ...

When art consultant June LaCombe moved into her 1848 farmhouse in Pownal almost 50 years ago, she was quickly captivated by the "magnificent" pear tree that dominated the back garden. It was "already ...

Simon Pierson, an early settler in Le Roy, wrote that when they first came to the frontier, there were no apple trees.

Simon Pierson, an early settler in Le Roy, wrote that when they first came to the frontier, there were no apple trees.

The team at the University of Minnesota’s Horticultural Research Center developed many of the varieties of apples we enjoy each year. SweeTango, Zestar!, and the granddaddy of many, Honeycrisp, were ...