Thousands of crabapple trees arrived on pallets last month, destined to become the rootstock for orchardists in Interior and Southcentral Alaska and April apple tree grafting classes. The 6-foot boxes ...

Growing your own fruit trees can be extremely rewarding, but it won't like turn out the way you hope when it comes to apple trees. Here's why.

With so much variation in fruit taste, size and quantity, many gardeners are eager to reproduce the perfect apple when they find it. Often the first question we receive is how to propagate an apple ...

With so much variation in fruit taste, size and quantity, many gardeners are eager to reproduce the perfect apple when they find it. Often the first question is how to propagate an apple tree from ...

Luther Burbank, the famed experimental horticulturalist, called it making old trees young again. But even for novices, fruit tree grafting is alluringly simple: a dormant branch or twig - a scion - is ...

When selecting a dwarf fruit tree, the root of the matter lies in the matter of the roots. Sure, the top part of the tree above the graft is important, too. That’s what determines the looks and the ...

Apple orchards have changed. The large stout trees with thick gnarling branches of a few decades ago are now flimsy bushes ...

Late winter is the perfect time to start getting your fruiting trees and shrubs ready for spring. Now is a good time for pruning and planting. And it is a great time to graft! Grafting is a method of ...

If you have a valuable tree with serious bark damage and are considering removing it, there is a way the tree might be saved — and this is the time of year to do it. We have an “Arkansas Black” apple ...

Come to our grafting workshop and learn a new skill. The workshop is scheduled for Thursday, March 17, at the Ron Ramsey Ag Center in Blountville. We’ve all wanted to plant an apple or other fruit ...

The great thing about working with plants and plant people is watching things grow and observing how they change. It seems I learn so much everyday, just from talking with colleagues about ...