Dorset Golden, a good pollinator for Anna, produces sweet, crisp apples that are also good for fresh eating or baking. They ...

Researchers explain why shot‑hole borers spread unevenly, how pollution and stress play a role, and what the infestations could mean statewide.

Keeping a garden full of fresh fruit might seem intimidating, but it's not hard with the right care. Here's 11 expert tips ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Backcountry Press has announced the release of “California Trees,” a field guide by botanists and naturalists Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann. This book is more than just an identification manual — ...

GETTING READY FOR THAT TO CHANGE. PEACEFUL SOUNDS THAT COME FROM THESE DENSE FORESTS, LANDSCAPES THAT TAKE UP A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE STATE. TREES ARE LONG LIVED SPECIES. MANY LIVE WELL OVER 100 YEARS, ...

Did you know that the Bay Area was once a major apple-growing region? Growing up in New England, my family would head to the apple orchard every fall to choose our own apples right off the tree. I ...