Despite a few caveats, growers find plenty to like about the “manageable” fruit.

What happens when the leaves do not drop? Apple growers in Washington State are in the midst of finding out.

Researchers have developed a yellow and a red variety that are heat-tolerant, blight-tolerant, low-maintenance, easy to harvest, and more.

Beating this disease that threatens to scorch pome fruit orchards requires careful planning and execution.

Washington state well represented in U.S. Apple Association’s nextgen class.

While high-density pear trees thrive for Pennsylvania grower Clair Kauffman, the fruit’s most popular variety isn’t in the mix. Not yet at least.

A vision-guided sprayer improves weed management, with minimal crop injury, but reducing herbicide volume remains an issue.

One orchard’s bane is another’s beneficial. Such is the case with this insect.

American Fruit Grower Senior Editor Thomas Skernivitz has a gut feeling the time is now for pears to shine.

Growers, though, will need a few more years of biopesticide patience in their quest to control the pest.

Find out what whole orchard recycling is and why some growers in California are adopting the climate-smart practice.

Where ‘Honeycrisp’ is involved, the best applications are those made between 10 and 30 days after full bloom.

The planet’s only apple show — held in Italy — focused in part on the future of robots in orchards, which after fits and starts, appears bright.

Dave Gleason gains global perspective as a member of the recent International Tree Fruit Association tour in Italy.

Apple grower Steve Thome and Extension Specialist Bill Shane, a former American Fruit Grower columnist, receive awards of distinction.

For every week of harvest, there seems to be a newer selection tailor-made for that time of season.

Food keys the good life in Italy. Participants of special industry event find a country where farmers’ produce is treasured.

As the Pattersons delve into a seventh generation of family ownership, they are reminded that the process of succession planning never stops evolving.

Is the ‘Red Delicious’ making a comeback? See how the economy is influencing consumers choices in fruit.