For many rare fruit enthusiasts in the Phoenix area in the 1980s and ’90s, Dr. Falkenstein was the first to demonstrate that it was possible to grow these incredible plants in the desert.

“The jaboticaba comes from Brazil; in South America they call it the black cherry,” says José Gallego, San Diego chapter chair for the California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. “They’re ...

Growing fruit trees can be an exercise in patience: It can take years for a tree to reach fruit-bearing age. But as early as this summer, Bay Area home gardeners could be harvesting rare fruit at ...

Certain rare and valuable fruits are luxury delicacies, cultivated in unique climates with meticulous care, commanding astonishing prices. Here are extraordinary fruit-producing trees. Known for ...

MIAMI — Rane Roatta and Edelle Schlegel can predict when one of the rare tropical fruits they grow on their Redland farm is destined to go viral on TikTok. “If it’s an odd color o… ...

The Arboreum Co. orchard, whose exact location Kennedy prefers to remain vague, is a genetic refugium containing 800 mother trees, each representing a different variety of rare fruit or nut. The ...

Pawpaws just might be the most quintessentially American fruit. Unlike apples or cherries, they are native to this continent.Pawpaw groves, long fostered by some Native American tribes, sustained ...