If you've always wanted to grow apple trees, March and April are great times to plant. But before you buy a tree, here are things to consider.

But today, it is more than just a few of the apple-obsessed who are discovering and rehabilitating old trees. The surging popularity of hard cider has inspired farmers to revitalize old orchards and ...

Apple trees can also be purchased from local nurseries or garden centers as container-grown trees. However, a much larger selection of apple varieties is available as bare-root whips. Consider size ...

To preserve an antique apple variety, ... in 1992 my wife and I opened a small mail-order nursery that specializes in antique apple trees in general and old Southern apples in particular.

Most apples are grafts, or clones, of trees that grew long ago, so these old trees may be varieties you can't buy anymore, as traditional favourites have lost out to modern industrial crops.

To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple historian John Bunker, it's a treasure trove of living history. "Apple varieties that were grown commonly in Maine, 100 to 200, to 250 ...

It’s important to learn the difference between 1-year and 2-year-old wood because apples produce fruit on 2-year-old wood and spurs, which are the small, thornlike shoots that grow along the ...

But apples have a long history of being far more diverse than that. At one time, the U.S. boasted as many as 17,000 apple varieties, according to "The Illustrated History of Apples in the United ...

To the untrained eye, it's a bunch of old trees. To apple historian John Bunker, it's a treasure trove of living history. "Apple varieties that were grown commonly in Maine, 100 to 200, to 250 ...

Most apples are grafts, or clones, of trees that grew long ago, so these old trees may be varieties you can't buy anymore, as traditional favourites have lost out to modern industrial crops.