Whether you have a miniature fruit tree or a full blown orchard, these edible additions to your yard are a simple way to start growing your own crops (plus they're blossom is sure to be a beautiful ...

SMITHFIELD, R.I. (WPRI) — “Peaches don’t like the cold.” That’s what John Steere, who owns Steere Orchards with his father Jim Steere, had to say when asked whether his peach crops survived last ...

This summer, farmstands in the Peach State are missing a key crop: peaches. That’s not because the fleshy fruits have already been scooped up by chefs and home cooks to be made into jams and pies, ...

As a bout of cold spring weather dropped temperatures in the Philadelphia region below freezing overnight Wednesday, fires dotted Linvilla Orchards in Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, as workers ...

Peach season is just a few months away in Texas, and while our hot summers help produce a higher sugar content in the fruit, it’s what happens during the winter that can either make or break the ...

With the collapse of Del Monte Foods’ U.S. canned fruit business following the company’s bankruptcy last year and subsequent ...

Many homeowners harbor secret dreams of planting an orchard and becoming more self-sufficient. The cost of fresh fruit can be ...

Jim Markley’s 1,300 peach trees are usually so laden with fruit this time of year his workers take a Wiffle bat to the branches to thin out the crop, leaving thousands of tiny unripe peaches littering ...

Peach season is just a few months away in Texas, and while our hot summers help produce a higher sugar content in the fruit, it’s what happens during the winter that can either make or break the ...

In the 130 years Lawton Pearson’s family has been growing peaches in Middle Georgia, few harvests have been as disappointing as last year’s, when his crop — and most others in the state — were almost ...