Feb. 5—It's almost a shame to bring up with so many beekeepers in town for the annual bloom, but it looks like Kern County's experience with self-pollinating almond trees has taken root. More ...

When choosing a fruit tree for your yard, one of the most important things to consider is whether the tree is self-pollinating or cross-pollinating. Cross-pollinating trees need a neighboring fruit ...

Named after Parlier, California, and the popular "Nonpareil" almond variety, "Parpareil" was selected for its superior nut ...

Many dwarf fruit trees are easy to grow in containers, indoors or outdoors, or both. One somewhat less common fruit tree choice is the dwarf fig, which does well in colder zones outdoors in summer but ...

Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I was wondering if you could provide me with a list of which fruit ...

Even after a bruising year of lower earnings, crop losses and soaring production costs, California almond growers may not be willing to cut corners pollinating their trees this season. That’s good ...

The USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in collaboration with the Ecological Forestry Applications Research Centre in Spain and North Dakota State University, conducted a comparison of the ...