Heirloom apple trees almost always need at least one pollinator tree to set fruit. Choose a pollinator tree of a different variety that blooms around the same time; for Black Oxford, this is ...

Orchards established by Mormon pioneers are still producing fruit in Utah. Experts say heirloom fruit varieties can be insurance against climate change, even as hotter summers threaten those trees.

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“Fruit trees watch several generations go by,” says Michael Thompson, ... and regional entities like Thompson’s Heritage Fruit Tree Project. Indexing each heirloom’s type, location, ...

March 14, 2025 Tree that can grow 40 types of fruit — from cherries to peaches — takes root at Temple's art school Artist Sam Van Aken fuses heirloom trees through a horticultural process ...