CALDWELL, Idaho — Planting a quince orchard was a fortuitous hunch for Dick Symms, whose family operates Symms Fruit Ranch near Caldwell. Award-winning hard cider companies rely on the one-acre plot ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — The U.S. pear industry wants to transition to high-density orchards and is looking for dwarfing rootstock that results in trees that are easy to manage, produce early and can handle ...

Here are 5 things to do in the garden this week: Fruits. Consider planting a quince tree (Cydonia bologna). The quince is a pome fruit, sharing that classification with apple and pear, and its pulp ...

Quince, medlars, fruiting mulberries and jujubes get you out of the common apple rut. Question: I love to grow unusual varieties of fruits and vegetables. Can you recommend any fruit trees that would ...

Blooming quince, Chaenomeles, Rosaceae family, is a thorny, deciduous shrub or tree. We have quince shrub bushes that are blooming a bit early, as are the beautiful almond orchards. Usually, the ...