Drescher is a former orchard manager for Orondo-based Auvil Fruit Co. He now evaluates new varieties of fruit trees for Auvil, among other duties.

From New York to Oregon, they're putting in bonsai grapes, dwarf bananas ("grows just 3-feet tall but yields edible fruit") even cranberries that don't need a bog.

Dwarf fruit trees are smaller versions of the much larger fruit trees of our parents and grandparents’ era. Today’s dwarfs can be grown in large pots on a patio or deck and can fit nicely into ...

At the heart of her advice is that for deciduous fruit trees, such as apple, plum, pear, peach, persimmon and fig, rather than planting a dwarf or even a semi-dwarf variety, your best bet is to ...

Thus, an acre of dwarf orange, tangelo, lime, or grapefruit trees would yield between 50% and 200% more fruit than an acre of much larger, conventional trees.

A dwarf fruit tree consists of at least two parts that are grafted together: The lower portion, the rootstock, has more effect on the tree's growth rate and ultimate height.

Smaller fruit trees such as these apple trees are safer and easier to manage than the standard varieties. Choosing the right rootstock will result in miniature orchards, but even dwarf trees need ...

Boston neighborhoods like Dorchester and Roxbury, with their farmhouses, fields, and orchards, were known for producing some of the tastiest fruit in 19th-century America, including the famous ...

The Home Orchard Society's Fruit Propagation Fair and Scion Exchange will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 16 at the Clackamas County Event Center in Canby.

White has trees like dwarf bonanza peach, plum and apricot, which you could plant to add variety to your urban orchard. White also grows several types of fig.