The lychee tree (Litchi chinensis) is an attractive fruit-bearing tree that hails from southern China and southeastern Asia and thrives in warm, humid tropical ... mix between a pear and ...

This same process is also performed for pear trees, which have ... while peach and other stone fruit seeds need to be cold stratified before planting, seeds from tropical citrus fruits can be ...

When it comes to exotic fruits, few trees capture attention like the Ilama tree. Native to Central America, this rare ...

Most farmers in the country grow tropical fruits ... But there are commercially viable fruit trees such as pear fruit tree and apple tree which thrive well in cool areas, therefore the need ...

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of ... For instance, if your apple, pear or plum tree has coddling moth, he recommends Cyd-X, a virus that is nontoxic ...

The activity of pests is particularly disheartening to the home fruit grower, and it is the subject we’ll concentrate on today. A backyard orchard in northern Indiana typically consists of varieties ...

Reviled. Despised. Singled out for eradication. Woe to the Callery pear, possibly the most unloved fruit-bearing tree this side of the Garden of Eden. Sales of this Asian native and its best-known ...

Of tropical origin, the pawpaw tree is distantly related to magnolias and the tulip tree. The pawpaw fruit was named the official native fruit of Ohio in 2009, and is also known as the ‘Indian ...

Pamela Thompson, the owner and head gardener at Pear Tree Cottage, is hoping the fruit this year can be used to increase numbers. "It would be amazing, absolutely amazing, to have seedlings and to ...