Hidden amongst mossy crags on an uninhabited outer-Hebridean island of Scotland’s west coast, a rare example of a pure European crab apple tree species has been surviving, likely since the end of the ...

Malus sieversii is a wild apple native to the mountains of southern Kazakhstan. Anna Yu/Alamy The foothills of Kazakhstan’s Tian Shan mountains are something of a genetic wonderland. This vast ...

In 1900 Vermont was about 75 percent open farm land and only about 25 percent forest. Since then those percentages have reversed, and Vermont is now mostly forest land. During that transition time, ...

Apples are from Central Asia. But that doesn’t guarantee they will survive there forever. Climate change and human activity are threatening the wild apple with “local and regional extinction” in its ...

Apr. 28—SCHOHARIE COUNTY — When Ryan McGiver discovered wild apple trees in the ash forest on Fulton Hill, he knew it would be a good spot for an orchard. "They were shaded by ash trees but still ...

A cold, blustery morning punctuated with a 30-minute snowfall Saturday didn’t stop about a dozen people from joining in an educational experience of pruning wild apple trees in part of the 183-acre ...

This week, we're revisiting two essays originally produced in 2014 and 2015. The Robert Frost poem, Unharvested, is read by Sean Hurley. October brings crisp air and crisp apples. An October tradition ...

In May, medium-tall trees bear prolific small blooms of various shades of white, red and pink that elicit a smile even from the crabbiest of humans. They’re called crabapple trees, and they’re easy to ...

PORTSMOUTH — Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Forest Society Education Center at Creek Farm. Releasing and pruning wild apple trees can keep them healthy and result in greater fruit production ...

Bunker has spent more than 30 years learning about, promoting, identifying and propagating apples. One (almost) sure-fire way to tell a wild apple tree from a domestic one: Look for the graft, said ...

Raspberries and figs, sure. But apple cultivation? Most people don’t immediately think of the South when it comes to apples, yet Indigenous people used the native crabapple, Malus angustifolio, for ...