YAKIMA, Wash. -- While most of us are trying to stay warm, there’s an army of workers braving the cold in an effort to improve this year’s fruit crop. Armed with saws and shears, hundreds of men and ...

As the calendar turns to spring with its lengthening days of warm sunshine, flowers begin to appear on fruit trees across Yakima Valley orchards. Early apricot blossoms are emerging in the Lower ...

MERRILL, Wis. (WSAW) - For a century-old family business, 2024 has delivered a unique opportunity for Helene’s Hilltop Orchard. “We have never pruned apple trees without snow in February,” Helene’s ...

GREENFIELD — Tuttle Orchards, 5717 N. County Road 300W, is offering a free fruit tree pruning workshop from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. The demonstration will be in the orchard, where apple growers at ...

This great weather really has me concerned! As a “good old Wisconsin boy” (go Pack go), anything above freezing in January — well, actually above zero, the forecasted wind chill for today’s Packer ...

The fruit-tree pruning schedule for the coming months is now available at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Orchard in North Las Vegas. This Saturday I will teach the ...

RED BLUFF, Calif. — What will the prune orchard of the future be like? It depends on a variety of factors, researchers say. New orchard layouts could depend on soil types, while new crop management ...