Quinces were far more known and cultivated than apples for centuries, but they seem to be lost in obscurity nowadays. Let's learn about this once-popular fruit.

I generally leave a lot of the garden/ yard work to my hubby; however, I’ve become concerned – as is he – about the health of our Asian Pear tree ... that affects quince, Asian and European ...

lumpy fruit as it hangs on a tree during the autumn harvest season. At a glance, quince could be mistaken for an heirloom apple or pear, but hold one in your hand and you’ll soon understand a ke ...

Pruning an apple tree can seem like a daunting task if you have never done it before. Like most other skills, you start out slowly learning the basics to help build confidence. Then once the ...

CORVALLIS — From newly minted gardeners to avid urban farmers, everyone with a patch of land wants to grow an apple tree. Other fruits — pears, cherries, figs, plums — are desirable ...

They don’t: if you plant a Gala seed, you won’t grow a tree that produces Gala apples. (Brown’s favorite apple: “SnapDragon, without a doubt,” she says. Her team cultivated SnapDragons ...