Summer is peak season for tree fruit and savvy retailers tout that the segment is not just for eating out of hand anymore, advertising that different varieties go well with ice cream, can be great in ...

Do you have a nectarine tree that has a history of producing scarred misshapen fruit? If so, the damage to the fruit is probably caused by Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) and the ...

Fresh peaches are a summer treat. Different varieties stretch the California season from May to October. Cristina M. Fletes TNS Stone fruit, also called drupes, include such summer favorites as ...

I just returned from Provence, where the markets were brimful of peaches and nectarines and early figs. We had a week of very hot weather, and the farmers' fruits were ripening almost faster than they ...