Persimmons grow slowly, are fairly easy to maintain and put on lots of bright, orange fruits in the fall. (Randy L. Rasmussen) Dreaming of a fresh fruit harvest from your own yard? Many fruits grow ...

BATAVIA — In a catalogue as diverse as the Genesee County Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual tree sales, sometimes a funny name is all a plant needs to stand out. “I think a lot of ...

Paw paws (Asimina triloba) are a survivor from when North America was warmer. They are the only temperate zone tree in a tropical family. You can see that their leaves and large fruit have that jungle ...

VANCOUVER - University of B.C. plant geneticists and a Fraser Valley commercial plant supplier have joined forces to improve the exotic paw paw, a little-known North American fruit that rots within ...

Any reader immediately understood the Cincinnati Enquirer’s very brief note buried in the edition of Sept. 15, 1881. “Our country exchanges bring up the intelligence that paw-paws are ripe and the ...