Espaliered fruit trees aren't only beautiful, they're functional. Providing food for humans and wildlife, this growing method ...

Extensive pruning is best done over a period of two to three years to lessen shock to the tree, with no more than one-third ...

Artist Sam Van Aken fuses heirloom trees through a horticultural process known as grafting. He then plants them around the ...

Ignore any brown wind scars on the skin of stone fruit, it doesn’t affect the fruit. Avoid split cherries or bruised stone fruit. Stone fruit will continue to ripen after it is picked.

Exports of Japanese plums will total 14.4 million boxes (7 kg average each), a 3% increase compared to last season. According ...

Dr. Elizabeth Houghton recently graduated from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology. Her latest ...

That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans. Some ...

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and ...

If you’ve recently purchased a fruit or nut tree — or if you already have one in your home landscape — take a close look at the trunk near the soil surface. You might see a faint scar where ...