Growing fruit in a backyard or home orchard can be rewarding or can be very frustrating, depending on disease and insect pests that may ... pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly affected by ...

If your cedars are showing signs of disease, you'll need to identify the issue to appropriately treat it. Learn about some of the most common cedar illnesses.

Gardeners with apple or pear trees are being warned to check them in January for a potentially deadly disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, advises in the January section ...

According to USDA-ARS, the impact of rapid apple decline is estimated to cost Pennsylvania apple growers about $13,000 per acre and New York apple growers $3,380 per acre. Jesse McDonald, a researcher ...