Small backyards aren't exempt from the luxury of fresh-plucked apples. You simply need to choose varieties that thrive in ...

The warm weather we've experienced in Greater Columbus this past week has many a gardener itching to get outside and plant something. This past week I saw the first fruit trees available for purchase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What's the apple of your eye? McIntosh? Macoun? Cortland? Honeycrisp? Jonagold? Golden Delicious? Autumn Crisp? Ludacrisp? Mutsu?

With more than 7,500 varieties of apples from which to choose, there’s more than one way to “keep the doctor away.” But keeping apples healthy can be as challenging as keeping the humans who love them ...

When you're snacking on apples, you expect them to fragment with a loud crunch, the flavors to explode in your mouth, and for the delectable juices to run down your chin. If your local supermarket's ...

Roughly 44% of Michigan’s apple trees are either Galas or Honeycrisps – yet despite their dominance, the state is known for its variety of apple types. Michigan had nearly 15 million apple trees in ...

GREENFIELD — Knowing it can take an apple tree anywhere from two to 10 years to bear fruit, the owners of Tuttle Orchards started years ago making changes to prepare for growth in the coming years.

A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, ...

A retired engineer's two-decade quest has revived over 1,200 lost apple varieties, rescuing a fading agricultural heritage.

People in a village have come together to plant a range of rare heritage apple trees. A community orchard has been created in Barford St Martin, Wiltshire, where ancient varieties such as Bedwyn ...