A: Yes, it is entirely possible that your crabapple and your 'Fuji' apple tree have been engaging in some "hanky-panky." Apples and crabapples can interbreed freely because they are the same plant ...

Apple tree laden with fruits growing in a backyard - Peter Shaw/Getty Images When you're snacking on apples, you expect them to fragment with a loud crunch, the flavors to explode in your mouth, and ...

Fall may be the omen of winter, but its abundance at least eases the anxiety of its arrival. The bounty of the season is measured well by my Fuji apple tree, whose branches strain to hold up their ...

Reading some of the national gardening blogs and articles gives me a chuckle. Frequently they are out of touch with gardening and horticulture in the desert Southwest. For instance, one recently said ...

Growing an apple tree is a great way to enjoy delicious, fresh fruit from the comfort of your own home. Once these plants reach maturity, they can produce hundreds of apples per year—so you'll always ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Apple growers want to get the most out of their high-value cultivars, and a Purdue University study shows they might want to focus on the types of apples they plant near those ...

Yoshie Tachiki of Los Angeles wrote to the SoCal Garden Clinic to ask: We have a Fuji apple tree that has a white, cotton-like substance on the limbs. Is it a fungus? What can we use to get rid of it?

to apples, they wont eat anything but a Fuji. Heres a familiar scenario: Mom comes home, plunks a bag of groceries on the table and calls out to the kids, Do you want an apple? Is it a Fuji? one of ...

From an apple a day to one for the teacher, this ubiquitous fruit has been around since prehistoric man, and its popularity is unflagging. With more than 220 million bushels harvested last year, the ...