Key PointsFruit trees require year-round care starting in autumn after the harvest. Good hygiene is key to preventing disease ...

If you’re wondering when to prune fruit trees, the answer is that it depends what fruit tree you have and what your goals are. Do you have a young tree that needs nurturing into bearing fruit? Perhaps ...

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While it may seem like you should leave your leafless trees alone in winter, the fact is, it's a great time to prune many ...

Plums are a type of stone fruit with a delicious sweet flavor. The fruit grows on trees that, once planted, can take four to six years to even bear fruit according to the California Prune Board. Even ...

Note: When Michelle Huneven started thinking about recipes to serve at a fund-raising dinner that she was to cook for her church, a friend suggested this traditional French country dish. It can be ...

There are so many touchstones that announce fall's arrival. Think school buses, shorter days, cooler nights and mums in bloom. For me, an early harbinger is the arrival of Italian prune plums. In late ...

If you came up with a better prune, would the world beat a path to your door? That’s what Jim Doyle, a now-retired UC Davis fruit breeder, was hoping in 1992 when he crossed Improved French, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Fruit Formerly Known as Prunes has fallen on hard times. Despite a $10 million marketing campaign to kick off a trendy new name -- "dried plums" -- the wrinkled fruit is suffering ...

Here is a question from a faithful reader: “Is plum juice as effective as prune juice as a laxative for elders? Your column is so reliable &appreciated. g.w.” We might think this would be an easy ...

Who knew that the lowly prune, er, make that dried plum, might be the solution nervous hamburger fans are looking for? Turns out that one tablespoon of pureed prunes added to a pound of beef kills ...