Planting fruit trees can bring a bountiful harvest to your yard. You can pick your own apples, peaches, pears, oranges, figs, and more. Not only can you enjoy delicious fruit picked at the peak of ...

In a wet year, a disease-resistant apple tree may still show the symptoms of apple scab and powdery mildew, fungal diseases that are encouraged by high humidity and wet leaves. Apart from choosing ...

Various diseases affect fruit ... pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly affected by fire blight, apple scab, fruit rots, rusts, and powdery mildew. Fire blight is a common problem in pears.

The culprit is a fungal disease called Apple Scab. Minnesota's overly-wet spring ... for long enough. Pear trees, Mountain ...

JR Davis, an arborist with Davey Tree Service in Monroe, talks about tree pruning and common diseases, including a new one ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about specific apple tree sprays and commiserated about fake hosta seeds.

“The varieties I like to recommend for residential settings are the ones that have innate disease resistance.” Scab causes black spots and streaks on pecan husks, and nuts from affected trees ...

which is why a fungicide is needed to control apple scab disease, which causes lesions on leaves and fruit, and early yellowing and defoliation of trees. Because both insects and diseases can be ...