Growing your own fruit is an excellent way to diversify a home garden. Determining which species to grow based on your climate may feel limiting. However, if you are living in subtropical regions or ...

Visitors to the farm are warmly received by Dipin, who introduces them to each fruit variety and shares its distinctive qualities before seeing them off.

Paul LaFreniere envisions high value niche crops and fish in his plans for agricultural entrepreneurship. He says the key to sustainable food production is for growers to understand plant pathology. A ...

If you are ready to venture into the world of exotic tropical fruit, consider planting a tree from the annonaceae or custard-apple family. Several tasty species are available and grow well here in ...

That orange or mango tree in your backyard is lonely. Find an exotic companion for it Saturday at the Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale in West Palm Beach. The biannual sale, from 9 a.m. to 2 ...

Desaru Fruit Farm, which cultivates more than 100 species of tropical fruit trees, is popular among agrotourism enthusiasts and families seeking fresh produce. (Bernama pic) Tucked away in the heart ...

Leonard asks: I would like to expand my edible garden a bit and was thinking of growing some fruit. Any suggestions on what grows best here? I’m at about 1,000 feet elevation above Kailua-Kona. If you ...

Almost half a century ago, Chuck Boerner dropped his first papaya seeds into the fertile earth flanking the House of the Sun. Rich with nutrients and kissed by sun and rain, the nurturing soil along ...

In Southern California, we all love to eat a fresh avocado, drink a glass of sun-ripened orange juice, or harvest a delicious plum from our backyard trees. However, growing fruit trees in an arid ...

Here's the scoop on this tropical treat. "Black sapote, also called black soap apple, is a close cousin to the persimmon and is sometimes referred to as black persimmon,” says Desiree Pardo Morales, ...

The pleasure of hanging out with plant people is what you learn from them. Such people, and the plants they grow, are typically full of wonderful surprises. Just the other day, I met Ash Jahanbin, ...

Northern hemisphere retailers are navigating the peak of winter citrus season, as the market adjusts to renewed fruit trends ...