Q: Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? A: This phenomenon is called alternate-year bearing and is very ...

Fresh fruit is a great source of nutrients, fiber, vitamins, antioxidants, and flavor. Eating it can lead to better health. However, it can take 7 to 10 years after planting fruit trees to get to a ...

Fruit and seed production in plants, crucial for reproduction and evolution, is influenced by various factors. Alternate bearing in trees, like apple and dogwood, involves fluctuating fruit production ...

Most fruits have seeds of some kind. However, while it makes sense that planting the seeds of fruits that grow on trees would produce fruit trees, it's not quite that straightforward. For reasons ...

Some fruit trees are difficult to grow and take many years before they begin to produce fruit. This is not the case with the mulberry tree. Mulberries in Florida are one of the fastest-growing ...

CORVALLIS — It’s the time of year when fruit trees are on the minds of beginning and experienced backyard enthusiasts. More and more homeowners are adding fruit trees to their landscape and now’s the ...