With winter's cold days and colder nights keeping us company, an afternoon sitting in front of the fire appeals to me. Instead, I spend a couple of hours raking up the leaves, twigs and deadfall ...

Unlike garden beds with spring flowers or vegetable patches, fruit trees should not be given slow-release fertilizers or compost before winter. Unless soil test results suggest otherwise, fertilizing ...

Pear scab can attack pear trees in the spring. The fungus overwinters in infected, fallen leaves and in some cases on twigs, according to Jay Pscheidt, a plant pathologist with the Oregon State ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits – pears, cherries, figs, plums – are desirable, too, but ...

We’re entering a busy time of year for our local orchards. The trees are beginning to break their winter dormancy, and the orchards will soon be full of blooms. As your home apple trees begin to grow ...

A. Your tree could have apple scab, a fungal disease that commonly affects crab apples. The disease first starts as velvety black spots, and leaves eventually yellow and drop. It rarely kills a tree, ...

Question: What is dormant spray? I was told to use it on my fruit trees, but I don’t know what it is. Thanks. Answer: Dormant sprays are sprays used on fruit trees during the winter, the dormant ...

Question: I have an arborist that I consulted about my crabapple tree last year. The problem, which he said is common, must be prevented in the spring. My problem is that he wants to do three ...

There are hundreds of choices when picking a crabapple tree from the nursery, but an expert says only a handful are resistant to a widespread fungus or other serious diseases. There are hundreds of ...

Apple growers may benefit from sophisticated weather models being developed at UNH that could predict when an orchard is at risk for infection.New Hampshire grows more than $10 million in apples ...