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Most orchards and vineyards made it through winter without too much frost damage. Local producers say it is a good year for fruit production. “The peaches bloom first and they’re the most critical for ...

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Q. Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing ...

Q. Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing” and is very ...

The correct way to prune citrus — which is best done right after fruiting finishes in midwinter or at the same time as other fruit trees — is “interior pruning, from the inside out ...

A late-March ice storm that left a 12-county area of northern Michigan a disaster area has left thousands of broken, damaged and fallen trees. And that is a vector for pests and disease.

Among the many hallmarks of the slice of literature known as diaspora writing, perhaps none is more frequently revisited than the significance of fruit to a child of immigrants. Taciturn parents ...