3 ways to get an apricot tree to fruit. Apricot trees will start to fruit between the age of two to four. So, if you have a newly planted, young apricot tree, don't be surprised if you don't ...

Five things to focus on in the garden this week: Fruit.White sapote (Casimiroa edulis) will grow wherever orange trees feel at home. Its flavor is a combination of vanilla, peach, and banana.

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) is identifiable by its simple, glossy, ovate leaves, typically 2-5 inches long, which turn yellow in fall. The tree produces large, round, bumpy fruits, known as ...

The Donaldson orange tree. Credit: Giancarlo Buzzi, ARS ARS scientists made a "sweet" discovery that may be important to solving a major problem within the citrus industry.

On a recent warm May day, bundles of small sun-kissed-colored fruit droop from a towering tree in Raffy Espiritu's backyard in Milpitas. They soak in the light and ripen in the heat before ...