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  • Kitchen Gardening

    Columnar Apple Trees for Suburban Yards

    These micro-trees will produce normal-sized apples the first year you plant them! God bless the experimenters.

  • Article

    How to Make Fruit Water

    This party drink isn't your average glass of water. It's water wearing a prom dress. Serving fruit water at your next party or barbecue is refreshing, healthy, and elegant.

  • Growing Persimmons
    Kitchen Gardening

    Growing Persimmons

    Mild-climate Asian varieties such as 'Hachiya' and 'Fuyu' have sweet fruits, lovely form, and gorgeous fall color.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    How to Grow Sweet Cherries

    Dwarfing rootstocks and self-fertile varieties give you the upper hand. With proper care and the right techniques, you can make your cherry dream come true.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    A Dozen Antique Apples to Collect

    Twelve antique apples: their ripening season, appearance and flavor, uses, and strong/weak points.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Hardy Kiwi

    You can grow kiwi fruit in northern climates, and the great taste is worth the wait.

  • Kitchen Gardening

    Antique Apples Varieties

    Old varieties offer diverse flavors and a wide range of uses.

  • How-To

    How to Prune an Old Apple Tree

    Pruning can bring an old tree back to health and let you reap the fruit of your labor.

  • scale insect damage on leaves
    Kitchen Gardening

    Controlling Scales, a Common Pest of Fruit Trees

    Scale insects can be serious pests for fruit and nut trees, currants, grapes, and raspberries. Here's how to deal with them.

  • Design

    How to Grow Espalier Apple Trees

    Produce more fruit in less space with this centuries-old technique. Ron Wade guides us step-by-step through the first three years in the life of an espaliered apple tree.