Growing fruit in a backyard or home orchard can be rewarding or can be very frustrating, depending on disease and insect pests that may ... pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly affected by ...

Pruning also improves air circulation and allows more sunlight to reach the tree’s canopy, which helps reduce disease and insect pressure. In apple trees, diseases such as apple scab and powdery ...

Gardeners who have apple or pear trees are being urged to inspect them this January for a potentially lethal disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, suggests in his book's ...