The best, most delicious apple trees to grow at home

An abundance of varieties, each with a different texture, taste and colour, is available to plant in even the smallest garden ...
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Plum breeding gets a boost from new gene ‘catalog’

UC Davis researchers in the Department of Plant Sciences have laid the foundation for understanding the genes that control the ripening process in plums. Po-Kai Huang, a postdoctoral scholar, ...
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Turn A Single Plum Pit Into Your Own Fruit-Bearing Backyard Tree

While fruit trees generally take a lot of time before they produce, you can easily start the process by turning a single plum pit into a seedling.

One day of the year people are 'forbidden' from cutting down specific tree

Blackthorn is a native tree to the UK and it was once considered 'forbidden' to cut it down on two specific dates in the year ...

People 'forbidden' from cutting down one tree on specific dates

Chopping down a blackthorn on specific dates (November 11 and May 11) was thought to invoke 'a curse from the fairy folk'.

Specific date you're 'forbidden' from cutting down one type of tree

There was a strong tradition of not cutting down a certain type of tree on specific dates in the UK, according to folklore - ...

Cutting down one tree on specific date is ‘forbidden’

One native British small tree holds 'secrets' according to folklore - and anyone cutting it down on this date could find ...

Meryl Streep gets into character as Miranda Priestly as she and co-star Stanley Tucci sit front row at Milan Fashion Week while filming Devil Wears Prada sequel

Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci sent fans into meltdown on Saturday when they were spotted sat front row at the Dolce & ...