1. Apple Trees Image Credit:twomeows/Moment/GettyImages Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala, Holland, Jerseymac, Delicious, Fuji and Granny Smith are some apple varieties (Malus pumila) that perform well. Granny Smith are better for the northern parts of central Texas, especially if y...
or redhuckleberry(V. erythrocarpum), is found in mountainous areas fromWest Virginiato Georgia; its large berries are dark red in colour and of exceptionally fine flavour. The fruit of the cranberry tree (seeViburnum) is sometimes substituted for true cranberries in Canada and the northern Unite...
While apricot trees only produce fruit once every five to 10 years, according to the University of Kansas, they are beautiful trees with ornate flowers and foliage. These trees bloom late in the spring and require very little maintenance throughout the year. However, planters will need to apply...
If Belgian-style fruit beer doesn't do it for you, this gentler brew from Northern California's 21st Amendment may be more to your liking. Apricot by Cascade Brewing Courtesy of Cascade Brewing The brewers at Oregon's Cascade take a blend of sour blonde ales aged in oak wine barrels...
Our Thanksgiving Day has likewise matured into a different style of commemoration. Instead of a pilgrimage, we now celebrate Albert's life/work by feasting on Etter apples which we are privileged to harvest from trees growing in our own orchards. Even in Northern California, the fourth Thursday...
its biennial crops and thin-skinned fruit have kept it from commercial popularity in the 20th century. The trees bloom late, and apples may still be ripening on the trees in November or even December. Northern Spy was first grown near Rochester, New York around 1800, and became widely known...
Even though both species originated in America and western Egypt, they do not cross-pollinate each other and grow poorly in the northern regions. Other cherry species that have edible fruit grow within the northern regions, but are not grown extensively for consumption. The high costs of producti...
Tree death can occur when other stresses such as disease or other insect outbreaks attack trees in the same year. Causing 'Nightmares' in New York DEC Causing 'Nightmares' in New York “My kids and I were hiking in Lockport last week. There were hundreds of them falling out ...
wondered if it mattered which type of apple pollinated high-value cultivars. To find out, they manually applied pollen from Red Delicious and Golden Delicious, and two types of crab apple, Ralph Shay and Malus floribunda, to Honeycrisp, Fuji and Gala. They put a net over the trees to keep...
Tree death can occur when other stresses such as disease or other insect outbreaks attack trees in the same year. Causing 'Nightmares' in New York DEC Causing 'Nightmares' in New York “My kids and I were hiking in Lockport last week. There were hundreds of them falling ou...