Besides providing their tasty, versatile fruit, native plum trees are a keystone species, which means they provide critical resources for wildlife including food, shelter and breeding sites.
This orchard, which contains several apricot varieties, is believed to date back to 1915, and being here makes me think about the people who planted it, and what the trees have endured. Surely, there ...
Orchards established by Mormon pioneers are still producing fruit in Utah. Experts say heirloom fruit varieties can be insurance against climate change, even as hotter summers threaten those trees.
When you sip a pumpkin spice latte or light up a pumpkin spice candle, you owe trees a “thank you.” “Most of the spices come from trees,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant Clinic manager of The Morton ...
It's hard to believe, but there are plenty of people out there who own fruit trees and never harvest the fruit. And, sadly, Rhode Island law prohibits the rest of us from helping ourselves before ...