Weed control is essential in apple orchards because weeds compete with trees for nutrients, water and sunlight, which can ...

Whether fresh from the tree, sun-dried, sulfur-treated, or preserved as apple butter, cider, brandy, or vinegar, the apple is ...

The Colorado State University research station in Yellow Jacket is joining the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project’s efforts to bring apple production back to the region. More than 20 volunteers ...

Raise a glass of hot cider with us as Terhune Orchards honors the trees that give us our wonderful apples. The ancient British tradition of wassailing the apple trees to protect them from harm is a ...

The new “The Home Orchard” covers more crops and site selection, variety choice, pruning, grafting, irrigation and integrated ...

Some apple orchards look like they belong in a fairy tale, with gnarled trees of unknown provenance and mysterious fruits. Not so at Burtt’s Apple Orchard in Cabot, where heavily laden boughs are ...

Around peak apple harvesting season Cornell Orchards manager Eric Schatt typically starts his morning with a cup of black tea with honey and a bowl of oatmeal to keep up with the “chaos.” And during ...

Growers in northern states are combating virulent outbreaks of a disease as seasons grow warmer, orchards have been reconfigured for higher yields and new varieties may be more vulnerable. By Jim ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Fall is here, and what better way to celebrate than pulling on your favorite pair of boots and heading to an apple orchard? We rounded up 11 orchards, based on viewer and KARE 11 staff ...