A highly contagious disease that can wipe out an apple orchard threatens Connecticut’s fruit crop. But there’s help on the way. Fire blight, a bacteria that gets into the apple tree as it is flowering ...

Q: I have some questions about a willow tree disease. A customer purchased some golden willows from us. Since planting them, he has found some glossy black patches on the bark. The patches were not ...

Q: I have a 6-year-old pear tree with fire blight. I have two other pear trees and three apples. How can I keep the one tree alive, and what can I do to prevent spread of the disease? A: The past few ...

Q: I have read your comments about black knot disease on Canadian cherry trees. What routine care do you recommend to avoid this disease? The information I have on the tree says it likes sandy soil. I ...

Q. I know that flowering crabs are subject to injury from fire blight. My crab is resistant to apple scab disease, but it is looking pretty sick now having lost maybe 1/3rd of its leaves, so I am ...

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been getting calls about browning needles on evergreen trees. There are several different causes depending on the species of the tree, but the most common is Dothistroma ...

If you’re considering adding an apple tree to your home landscape this spring, it’s important to choose an appropriate variety. “The particular variety you plant will affect how many apples you ...

Knowing the signs of common fruit tree diseases can help you minimize losses, protect your trees (and fruit yield), and prevent other trees in your yard or orchard from contracting the disease. Here ...

FARGO For Fargo-Moorhead residents, today's forecast calls for warm and sunny - with a strong chance of ash leaves. Foliage is falling from metro-area ash trees in far greater amounts than usual, as ...

Watch for black-blighted leaves, blossoms and branches on pear trees. Fire blight, a bacterial disease, occurs to some degree almost every year. Affected leaves and blossoms give the appearance of ...