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How to grow an apple tree from seed – go from core to tree in 5 simple steps
The main question is why you would grow an apple tree from seed. It requires a great deal of patience and represents a big ...
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What trees to plant in February — 5 of the best fruit and ornamental varieties you should be planting now
The best time to plant bare-root fruit trees like apples is towards the end of winter or the first half of spring, once the ground is no longer frozen so it can be easily dug, ...
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This native Michigan apple tree could hold the key to saving apples from climate change
In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer. A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria, learned to fight ...
Apple farmers find success in new precision growing techniques just over the SC border
TK Family Farm in Polk County, NC, has found success using precision and high-density growing techniques at its orchard that ...
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Improving apple varieties was a major endeavor for settlers
Paul Locher explains how valuable apples were on the frontier of Ohio Country in the early 1800s, and how settlers improved ...
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What we can learn from trees
Though our momentum is sapped, our resolve remains deep-rooted, and yet there are times when we can’t see the forest for the trees. The apple that fell from the tree in front of Sir Isaac Newton ...
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‘Lots of Work Remains’ on Rapid Apple Decline
According to USDA-ARS, the impact of rapid apple decline is estimated to cost Pennsylvania apple growers about $13,000 per acre and New York apple growers $3,380 per acre. Jesse McDonald, a researcher ...