Apples and October seem to go together. Most old farmsteads had an apple orchard. Our home farm had two orchards. One was near the house and had summer apple trees, a Wealthy apple tree and a white ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Since spring, the apple orchards at Arbor Day Farms have endured frost, hailstorms and a drought. With harvesting season approaching, the orchard managers predict they will lose ...

Fire blight damage is a common problem with apple and pear trees in most of Virginia and West Virginia. Varieties such as Gala, Jonathan, Granny Smith, York and Jonagold are particularly susceptible ...

THE Jonathan apple is the chief variety exported 1 from Victoria, between 600,000 and 700,000 bushels being sent overseas annually. Large quantities are also kept in cool storage for local consumption ...