According to the Massachusetts Legacy Tree Program, the Endicott Pear Tree – a European pear tree named Pyrus communis – was planted between 1632 and 1649 by the first governor of the Massachusetts ...

Earlier this month, about a dozen workers arrived in Wolcott, a small town halfway between Rochester and Syracuse, to grow ...

Having your own apple tree would be incredible if you love this fruit, but if you save an apple seed to grow a tree, the ...

Do you want to go out to your backyard and grab fresh produce right off the branch? These beginner-friendly fruit trees are ...

A CU ecology professor noticed an apple tree in a Boulder field. What happened next grew into something bigger.

The Oliver-award-winning actor learned that his great-great-grandmother was a washerwoman who worked hard to build a better life for her family after her father, Alexander Denton, was born into ...

Pruning an apple tree can seem like a daunting task if you have never done it before. Like most other skills, you start out slowly learning the basics to help build confidence. Then once the ...

‘Jesus Christ the Apple Tree’ is one of the most sublime and calming of all the Christmas carols. Its tender melody perfectly supports the text, a poetic and deeply felt appreciation of Jesus, who is ...

Some apple trees naturally develop into what farmers call 'spur-type' varieties -- compact trees that are more productive and easier to maintain. But the genetic mechanisms underlying this coveted ...

My apple trees, to my great shame ... our relationships with nature—the ways in which gardening can be, as Jamaica Kincaid says, “a conversation.” After I figured that out, I pruned with ...

Marlon Ricardo Llewellyn started Scotchy Jamaican Grill to share the tasteful dishes of Jamaica with everyone. He was born in May Pen, Jamaica, and grew up in Jamaica and Fort Lauderdale ...