We may think of apple pie as being the ultimate American dessert, but it's actually a dish whose origins go a long way back ...

Apple trees are an investment not just in one's kitchen (fresh apples? delicious), but also in the value of one's home and ...

Apple trees need pruning to keep their branching structure healthy and manageable. But sometimes, even a regularly pruned tree might produce an overabundance of apples, or heavier than normal fruit.

Flowering is a key process that determines yield in fruit trees, and a negative relationship between crop load and floral induction has been observed in many species. In apple tree, hormonal signals ...

Today, Washington’s land remains fertile, and it remains cheap – much cheaper than in B.C. Facing urban encroachment, an acre of prime tree fruit soil in B.C. is valued at $100,000 at least ...

Bird netting, which can be found on Amazon for $13, is a thin mesh fabric that is draped over fruit trees or other plants birds target to prevent the animals from having access to the produce. These ...

However, this task poses challenges due to the dense foliage that hides the fruitlets within the tree structure. In this paper, we introduce the vision system of an automated apple fruitlet thinning ...

In addition to their fruit, apple trees have been historically valued for their hard, dense wood, which can be used for a variety of purposes including the crafting of furniture and musical ...

Apple is reportedly attempting to persuade the Swiss Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) to grant it the exclusive use of a black-and-white, realistic depiction of a Granny Smith apple for ...