There are two types of buds ... the blossoms shrivel and fall off, unable to bear fruit. The blossoms shed by the apple tree depends, again, on how many ovules are fertilized.

I’m not really a pumpkin-spice person, but I’m a sucker for a classic u-pick apple ... blossom followed the first tentative shoots. The trees did not flower, which meant they would not bear fruit.

CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple ... to bear a good crop of fruit and to open up the tree to assure good ...