Unfortunately, many pests love fruit trees and can easily damage leaves and spoil harvests. However, there are ways to get rid of these problematic visitors—without using harmful pesticides. For ...

Two insects tend to be the most prevalent pests in our area’s fruit trees: the codling moth (apples) and the western cherry fruit fly (cherries). Both create “wormy” fruit, and both, once the “worm” ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Every year, my stone fruit trees sprout a comforting number of cherries, plums, and peaches. But by the time I should be harvesting, 90% of it is gone ...

After a few years of watching and waiting for a peach tree I planted to bear fruit, it finally did this year. Unfortunately, it was unable to produce during those first few years because of peach leaf ...

Insects and diseases in the vegetable garden and on fruit plantings are minimal under the natural organic program, but the occasional serious pests have relatively easy solutions. For example, aphids ...

A person cutting fruit from a lemon tree - Kathrin Ziegler/Getty Images Growing a lovely, healthy lemon tree that allows you to pick a ripe fruit whenever your recipe calls for it is not that ...

The jellylike substance oozing from this peach tree is called gummosis and can result from environmental stress, mechanical injury, or disease and insect infestation. Reader Photo Question: This ...