With the right variety, location, and care, you can successfully grow and harvest delicious cherries in your backyard.

While only one species of pawpaw is cold-hardy in New England, there are four to five species still found in Florida.

Enjoy freshly grown apples from the comfort of your own garden with this large fruit tree that's currently up for grabs for ...

'Peach trees need at least 20% full sun in the summer in order to produce flower buds for next year's crop. The top of the ...

Dragon fruit or pitaya are a type of cactus, which produce either red or yellow fruit. The yellow fruit has thorns and this ...

Removing up to 90% of fruit also means that the remaining fruit will be larger and better tasting. Be ruthless when thinning and make several passes since you’re bound to miss branches.

The remaining fruit should be at least 8 inches apart. Fruit at the branch tips creates more stress and is more likely to break the branch. When removing, twist the fruit while gently lifting it.

Look at your neighborhood’s older fruit tree plantings. Repeat their locations, types (if you like that kind of fruit) and distances from the home. It’s important to be at least 5 feet from ...

These fruit trees generally require more pruning and spraying to successfully produce here than those already mentioned. I am sometimes asked about growing cherries, raspberries and apricots.

Florentine, also known as Kadota and Lemon Fig, produces large, green-yellow fruit and sometimes follows up with a moderate crop in the fall. Now through early March is a good time to purchase fig ...

Now the leaves are turning yellow and dropping off. I am watering the tree for 40 minutes, three times a week so the tree is getting 16 gallons a week.