Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty / Jutta Klee There are over 7,000 varieties of apple trees in the world—so where do you start when it comes to your garden?

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Growing your own fruit doesn't require a sprawling country property or a half-acre plot. More home gardeners are discovering that a sunny patio, a modest backyard corner, or even a handful of ...

There are over 7,000 varieties of apple trees in the world—so where do you start when it comes to your garden? Knowing the best tree for your backyard depends on your climate and region, of course, ...