How to Prune an Apple Tree So It Produces Fruit for Years to Come

Prune apple trees in late winter or early spring to prevent disease and help healing. Limit pruning to 25 percent of the tree ...
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8 Real World Apple Picking Tips for an Orchard Full of Fun

Imagine rows of apple trees and baskets overflowing with juicy red fruit. Everyone is happy. The air is crisp. Perfect, right? Turns out, there are actually a lot of things that can go wrong on a trip ...
Fast Company

This native Michigan apple tree could hold the key to saving apples from climate change

The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of apples like Honeycrisp or Red Delicious. A key to protecting apples ...
Hartford Courant

There’s a highly contagious blight attacking CT orchards. How it causes a ‘devastating impact.’

A highly contagious disease that can wipe out an apple orchard threatens Connecticut’s fruit crop. But there’s help on the way. Fire blight, a bacteria that gets into the apple tree as it is flowering ...
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Cutting down an Apple Hill Christmas tree is a deeply rooted tradition for many families

MANY ARE PREPARING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND FOR SOME NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FAMILIES THAT MEANT A TRIP TO APPLE HILL TODAY. KCRA 3’S LEE ANNE DENYER BRINGS US TO EL DORADO COUNTY, WHERE FAMILIES AND ...