Do you want to grow your own fresh fruit right outside your door? These tips and tricks can help you plant and grow thriving apple trees in your yard.

USA TODAY spoke with apple breeders, growers and researchers to find the secrets of one of America's most popular fruits.

Before the 1980s, there were usually three varieties of apples available: red, yellow and green. Growing up, Bedford mostly ...

Both apple varieties, and all other types ... is almost always one of the biggest ones you'll find in the grocery store. Now ...

Apple varieties number into the thousands with different ... About two-thirds of apples produced are sold as fresh fruit, and most of the other third are processed. About 3% go unsold, according ...

David Benscoter, of the Lost Apple Project,8 has written an interesting history of the search for lost apples in Eastern Washington. To date, Benscoter and his group have rediscovered around 30 apples ...

Apple varieties grafted to dwarf rootstock start to fruit years before those grown on larger rootstock. And that’s when the fun begins because a big part of an apple breeder’s job is tasting ...