Fruit plants
All about fruit plants, including fruit trees, berry bushes, and low-growing fruits like strawberries.
-
Raspberry fertilizer
Apply a high-quality organic fertilizer formulated for berry plants in early spring. Water the raspberries after feeding. Only use the amount recommended on the package,…
-
When to fertilize blueberries
The best time to fertilize established blueberry bushes is in early spring or early fall. New blueberry bushes can be planted in pre-fertilized soil or…
-
When to transplant strawberries
Wondering when to transplant strawberries? The best time to transplant strawberries is in the early spring. They can be transplanted after the ground thaws in…
-
21 best-tasting raspberry varieties
Some of the best-tasting raspberry varieties include Caroline, Tulameen, Jaclyn, Anne, and Fall Gold. For any variety, a single plant can produce tastier berries some…
-
Types of apples
Apples (Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.) come in thousands of varieties grown around the world. Modern cultivars range from sweet club apples developed in university breeding…
-
25+ best tasting apples
Some of the best-tasting apple varieties are Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Fuji, Ambrosia, and Cox’s Orange Pippin. Most varieties are most flavorful when picked at peak…
-
30+ best apples for apple pie
The best apples for apple pie are firm, tart varieties with a complex depth of flavor that also hold their shape well when baked in…
-
The sweetest apple varieties
The sweetest apples include Fuji, Kiku, Ambrosia, Gala, and Golden Delicious. These apples taste sweet because they contain more sugars relative to acids, especially when…
-
25 best apples for applesauce
The best apples for applesauce are juicy varieties with fine flesh that cooks down quickly into smooth sauce. Golden Delicious, Fuji, Honeycrisp, McIntosh, and Gala…
-
Arctic apples
Arctic® Apples is a brand that offers non-browning versions of popular heritage apple varieties. Arctic® Apples are genetically engineered with gene silencing to delay the…
-
Braeburn apples
Braeburn apples are known for their zesty flavor, crisp texture, and excellent baking characteristics. These apples are quite large and sport an attractive striped red…
-
McIntosh apples
McIntosh apples are known for their balanced tart flavor, fine tender texture, bright white flesh, and bright red & green bicolor peel. This variety was…
-
20+ strawberry planter ideas
It’s time to plant some fresh strawberries! These delectable little berry plants grow very well in containers of all types. Here are 20+ strawberry planter…
-
Pink Lady apples
Pink Lady® is a specialty brand of apples that offers the very best fruits of the Cripps Pink variety. Pink Lady apples are known for…
-
Golden Delicious apples
Golden Delicious apples are popular, medium-sized apples with a crisp firm texture and juicy sweet flavor. These tasty apples have a creamy-white interior and a…
-
Granny Smith apples
The Granny Smith apple is a popular tart variety with bright green skin and a distinct sour taste. Discovered in 1800s Australia, this beloved cultivar…
-
30 green apples
Green apples are specific varieties that remain green when ripe. Green apple varieties include heirloom favorites like Granny Smith, Rhode Island Greening, and Newtown Pippin,…
-
Fuji apples
Fuji apples are known for their incredible sweet flavor, crisp texture, and soft-pink skin. Developed at the Tohoku Research Station in Fujisaki, Japan in the…
-
Ambrosia apples
Ambrosia apples are known for their fantastic fresh flavor, ripe juiciness, and rosy blush peel. This newer variety also has an excellent shelf life and…
-
Envy apples
Envy™ apples are sweet, juicy specialty apples with classic red coloring and a rounded shape. The flavor is sweet, and the texture is crisp, providing…
-
Gala apples
Gala apples have a crisp texture, mildly sweet flavor, and classic, beautiful yellow/orange, fine textured skin with red striping. The first gala tree was bred…
-
Honeycrisp apples
Honeycrisp apples are a gourmet apple variety known for their juicy, crisp texture and well-balanced taste of sweetness and acidity. They have a rich golden-yellow…
-
Raspberry trellis
A raspberry trellis is a support frame structure for berry canes generally constructed of wooden posts with horizontal wires, similar to a post-and-wire farmyard fence.…
-
When are strawberries in season?
Wondering when strawberries are in season? I was too! Now that I’ve had my own strawberry patch for a few years, I have a much…
