Few activities in gardening are as satisfying as tending to your own fruit trees. Among the most beloved are apple tre ...

"Farmers prize spur-type apple trees," explained Zhangjun Fei, professor at the Boyce Thompson Institute and one of the study's lead authors. "They exhibit more concentrated flower bud formation ...

Cambridge University Botanic Garden has lost its "Newton's apple tree" to Storm Eunice. Garden curator Dr Samuel Brockington said the tree was planted in 1954 and had stood at the Brookside ...