Growing these plants near apples can attract pests and other problems that could harm your trees. Do not plant black walnuts, eastern red cedars, junipers, and hawthorns near apple trees. Avoid ...

Those hoping to harvest apples this year might face disappointment: Many fruits remain unusually small. Others fall from the tree weeks before the actual harvest or show brown spots and early signs of ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Dear Dr. Universe: Why do some apple trees produce more apples than others? Some produce almost none! – Alyssa, 11, Washington state I can never turn down a juicy apple. I asked my friend Kate Evans ...

Prune every year in late winter or early spring, preferably after the coldest weather has passed and before growth begins.

Do not plant black walnuts, eastern red cedars, junipers, and hawthorns near apple trees. Avoid planting tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, brassicas, and root vegetables near apples. Sunflowers nearby also ...