CALDWELL — George Raino and Richard Uhlmann have been hunting for a prize that could be hidden in plain sight. As co-founders of the Lost Apple Project‘s Idaho chapter, Raino and Uhlmann investigate ...

To properly manage a tree, you need to know what species it is. Plus, tree identification is a lot of fun. Knowing a tree’s species is key to understanding their proper growing conditions, how to ...

Mother Nature has us in a waiting game as to when she will let us get out in the garden and begin the new garden season. However, for people like Dave Benscoter and the folks involved in the Lost ...

LEELANAU COUNTY, MI -- Take a bite out of history while visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this fall. Orchards within the Port Oneida Historic District in the national park have heirloom ...

Apple trees provide delicious fruit, but are susceptible to many diseases. If you have a small yard, try this pot-friendly ...

Malus domestica. See more apple varieties below! Credit: USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD Apples have been an ...

Observing and identifying trees is a type of play that benefits kids in multiple ways. For starters, research has found that simply being around trees improves cognitive development and lowers the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were ...

This month is a crucial time to set your apple tree up for success ...

A couple of years ago, one of the rarest apple trees in North America was discovered in Ron and Jeanne Russell’s Verona Island backyard. Perched crookedly on a hill overlooking the Penobscot River, ...

Growing up in Swain County, North Carolina, Nathan Dee Greene ate a lot of apples. The family had several trees of their own, but every fall, they bought bushels from the nearby orchard on Laurel ...

On Verona Island, at the end of a dirt road, a couple dozen wizened apple trees stand sentry in a grassy field sloping down to the river. To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple ...