Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

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Laura Dean Bennett Staff Writer The spring equinox has come and gone and, according to the calendar, it’s spring. But there’s a skiff of snow on the porch as I write this and still a slew of juncos ...

Instead of an expensive weeklong culinary program, our columnist sampled three day classes, and learned a few things about ...

Growing dwarf apple trees in the backyard & protecting from pests by netting. This variety is the Golden Dorset and I also conduct a taste test after harvesting the fruit. -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch ...

“Super soppy [spots] are a bad place to put a fruit tree," says Graham Savio, the Cornell Cooperative Extension's agriculture ...

Apple trees and crabapple trees are closely related - it's in the name, after all - but you can tell them apart based on a ...

Those who live in cold climates know how tough it is to find a fruit tree that will withstand bitter temps, but we found an ...

Growing an apple tree is a great way to enjoy delicious, fresh fruit from the comfort of your own home. Once these plants reach maturity, they can produce hundreds of apples per year—so you'll ...

but many fruit trees, like apples and pears, rely on cross-pollination for genetic diversity. Cross-pollination, or pollen shared from more than one variety of the same plant, can happen via birds, ...

Tea tree oil is an essential oil that comes from the Melaleuca alternifolia plant. As tea tree oil possesses antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, it may help reduce symptoms of some ...

Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, shining over the Sycamore Gap tree, on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England, July 3, 2016. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP, File) LONDON (AP) — It took well over a ...