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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Q: Can you tell me what is wrong with my crab apple tree, and what I should do about it? The leaves started turning yellow earlier this summer and now there are hardly any leaves left. It looks awful.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...