Novakovich Orchards, a Saratoga-based farm, tried to regain their control over the city’s Heritage Orchard, but ultimately, ...

Espaliered fruit trees aren't only beautiful, they're functional. Providing food for humans and wildlife, this growing method is perfect for small spaces.

Novakovich offered to buy heritage fruit trees, like Blenheim apricots and French prunes, to replace non-heritage varieties and fill vacant spots. They also proposed offsetting the costs of ...

A bing cherry tree planted in Alameda will grow, but you won’t get many – if any – cherries. On the other hand, blenheim apricot trees will be happy with 400 chill hours, making this tree a ...

Indigenous to parts of South and Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific islands, the fruit contains a toxin in its seeds ...

The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series. But the plant ...

If you have not had the time to prune your fruit trees in winter, now is the opportune time. A little pruning now can reduce the work needed to care for your trees throughout the year. Why prune?

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling ...

The pong pong tree, also known as the "suicide tree," featured on season three of the 'The White Lotus' has a deadly history ...