Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.

The saguaro cactus is the iconic plant of the Arizona borderlands, and in June and early July, its fruit ripens.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Cousins Tanisha Tucker Lohse and Maria Francisco set off from their desert camp around dawn on most early summer days, in search of ripe fruit from the towering saguaro cactus, an ...

While most pruning work is done in the dormant season, these plants rely on a mid-summer trim to keep them healthy and ensure ...

All tree leaves have an outer layer called the epidermis, which can also be used in the identification process. This leaf "skin" always has a waxy cover called the cuticle and varies in thickness.

If you've never thought about how that apple you're eating, or the vanilla bean in your favorite ice cream, came about, the ...

From family-run farms to orchards growing the juiciest heirloom apples, these are the best places to go apple picking in ...

In 1983, volunteers cleared the area and resurrected the orchard, finding 32 fruit-bearing trees producing 29 varieties of fruit (most of them heirloom apples no longer available in markets today, ...