Aug. 31—There's a cornucopia in Orlando Romero's Nambé backyard, and the feast has reached all the way to Santa Fe. To reap the rewards of an overzealous apricot tree, Romero invited eight ...

Prickly pear fruit is edible, and tasty at that! However, it's covered in dangerous spines, so you need to know the ...

A fruit tree guild sets all your plants up for optimal growth by creating a mini-ecosystem. Imagine growing your own backyard fruit orchard, but without having to do much in the way of pest control, ...

In the agricultural sector, labor shortages are increasing the need for automated harvesting using robots. However, some ...

You can grow cherries indoors with an eye toward fruit, beauty, or both. You should look for dwarf and semi-dwarf varieties ...

Invasive plants, including edible fruit trees, are a problem for home gardeners and the entire ecosystem. Here's how to prevent them from spreading.

Avocado, guava, jaboticaba, mango and starfruit — though their flavors are exotic, they can easily be grown here in the home garden. These tropicals tolerate temperatures to around 27 degrees ...

Stone fruit are fruit with one large pit, or stone, at their center. Traditional stone fruit are apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches and plums; novel hybrids aprium, pluot, and plumcot have been ...

Mechanical harvesting of fruit trees represents a transformative approach to modern orchard management. By applying controlled vibrational excitations, these systems selectively detach ripe fruit ...

BOULDER, Colorado — The fall harvest season is underway in Colorado, with apple trees full of ripe fruit. Trees can produce hundreds of pounds of fruit, which can be too much for some homeowners.