Growing your own fruits and vegetables can bring you a sense of pride and peace of mind in knowing exactly where your produce originates. Fruit trees in particular add to the landscape of your home ...

A welcome sight each spring, cherry trees provide some of the first blossoms of the season. Fragrant, single- or double-flowers cover the small tree’s leafless branches. There are two groups of cherry ...

Researchers at UBC Okanagan are working to learn more about how sweet cherry trees naturally protect their buds from freezing during cold winter months. Dr. Elizabeth Houghton recently graduated from ...

The 2025 sweet cherry crop has great potential for harvest volume, fruit size and sugar development, according to Northwest Cherry Growers. “This year’s crop is looking even better than last year ...

TOWN OF STURGEON BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- Bright, white petals are coating the branches. Sweet cherries in parts of Door County are in bloom, and despite a chilly April, producers say the season is right ...

DOOR COUNTY (WLUK) -- The five bright white petals are an unmistakable sign of the season. Door County cherry blossoms are on display, but with cold, wet spring conditions stretching through April, ...

To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, trees should be pollinated by both honey bees and mason bees. This new study shows yet another benefit of biodiversity. To obtain the biggest cherry harvest, ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — With cherry harvest in full swing across the Mid-Columbia Valley, activity was buzzing July 25 inside the packing house at Hood River Cherry Co. Freshly picked cherries arrived in ...

Weeping cherries are one of the most-requested nursery trees, and one of the least understood. They also have a very high failure rate; after dogwoods they are our highest warranty cost item. We like ...