Apple trees face several diseases that can affect their productivity, but this shouldn't deter you from planting and enjoying these fruit trees in your own backyard. While diseases from bacteria and ...

Cedar-apple rust is a fungal disease that requires both a Rosaceaous host (such as apple) and a cedar host (such as Eastern red cedar). On apples, bright orange-yellow lesions are first visible after ...

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 ...

The leaves of my apple tree have odd spots on them. What is this and what can I do about it? Although there are other possibilities, cedar-apple rust is a possibility, given your description, the wet ...

Growing fruit trees comes with many perils. As well as the unpredictable weather, there is always the risk of pests nibbling your fruit and diseases that can harm trees and wreck harvests.

Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper tip blight, flowering crabapples to apple scab, and elms to Dutch elm ...