The American persimmon won't start bearing fruit until it's at least four years old when grown from seed. Even then, your tree might not reach full production until around 10 years.

Most fruit trees are grafted. If you look at the trunk of the tree near the soil surface, you will see that the trunk is slightly crooked, perhaps 2 to 6 inches above the soil. This crooked part ...

In his class, Bert successfully grafted an apple tree’s scion wood, its newest growth, to a rootstock more suited to the northern climate. After the class, he grafted another 25 trees.

Fruit trees are generally propagated using one of the following methods: cuttings, grafting, or air layering. Deciding when to propagate a fruit tree will depend on what process you're using and ...

This botanic garden is determined to bring back the American chestnut tree and heirloom apples that taste like those grown 500 years ago. It won’t be easy.