As with apples, pears are masters of hiding their fruit beneath leafy canopies. In August, I make a point of pruning pears by ...

My tree is quite beautiful in spring cloaked in apple blossoms; come summer it looks delicious with its rows of fruit. In autumn it has great colour and in winter its bare form is attractive too.

We planted a tiny fruit and nut orchard of 18 trees, including two in pots, just over two years ago in our front yard, and those trees have done well in spite of major heat waves.

Planting trees has long been touted as a major tool in the fight against climate change. And on the surface, that makes a lot ...

But, leave the fruit on the tree and it will be an important food source for birds and other wildlife. The tree is hardy in U.S. hardiness zones 4 to 9, but may even thrive in the cold of zone 3.

Fresh produce is an expensive commodity in this day and age, but a pilot project in Fredericton hopes to expand access to ...

A new City of Edmonton map now makes it possible to find the closest tree with edible fruit. Available online, the Open Data Edible Fruit Trees map allows people to zoom in on more than 22,000 ...

It is attractive and requires little maintenance as well. Jujube trees can reach heights of 15-30 feet but can be kept shorter and more compact with pruning.

Figs Figs are technically not fruit. They are actually modified stems that are hollow and fleshy. However, for the purpose of this article, we will call them a fruit. Figs are relatively easy to ...