Knowing how to grow an apple tree means you enjoy success with one of the most popular fruits in the world. Apple trees are ...

In Leominster, Massachusetts, the birthplace of Johnny Appleseed, a study revealed that 42% of Americans believe John Chapman ...

The seeds that you remove from your apple slices can actually be planted into the ground and, within about ten years, you'll ...

I mean, every apple seed is unique. If you were to throw a McIntosh out of your car, the trees that grow from any of those seeds would not be McIntosh but a completely unique fruit — that’s why ...

Standard size trees are typically too large for home growers to manage and may grow to be too large for some locations in the home landscape. Apple varieties are grafted onto rootstocks of different ...

John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, was a vegetarian who didn't believe in harming plants or animals and lived an incredibly minimalist life, often dressing in coffee sacks.

If your apple tree is producing more fruit than expected, you mind find that the branches are being weighed down. Here's how you can protect it.

PORT ONEIDA, MI - Volunteers at Sleeping Bear Dunes are on a mission to save historic apple trees inside the national lakeshore. Settlers came to this Lake Michigan shoreline in the 1850s and over ...

Grafting is the only way to “fix the genetics,” Brown says. New seedlings or branches that produce the desired fruit are notched into a “rootstock” apple tree. The rootstock provides ...

This is called grafting, allowing you to benefit from ... Follow our guide to growing an espalier apple tree. To protect your fruit tree from moths that will destroy the fruit and leaves, apply ...