Darryl McCullough didn’t always have more than 200 rare and exotic trees growing on his SweetSong Groves spread. In fact, his former life as a mathematics instructor at the University of Oklahoma was ...

Now in its 32nd year, the Rare Fruit Tree Sale, an annual Manatee County event with a huge following, has a new location this year. Traditionally held indoors at the Bradenton Area Convention Center ...

Everything from apple trees to white sapotes will be on sale Sunday when the Manatee Rare Fruit Council holds its annual rare fruit tree sale at the Manatee Convention Center. A wide range of citrus ...

Apples taste different at various points during ripening, and people who grow their own can decide when to harvest them depending on the flavor they prefer. Take the thin-skinned 'Golden Supreme,' an ...

Gail W. of Sonoma asks: I am looking to purchase a few fruit trees and have heard people at the rare fruit tree grower’s sale in Santa Rosa last January talk about fruit tree chilling requirements.

MANATEE COUNTY — Before heading to the grocery store, Southwest Florida residents are unlikely to add soursop, jackfruit, carambola, sapodilla or white sapota to their shopping lists. Next month, ...

Here’s a special rare fruit tree that tropical gardeners can grow in Costa Rica: jaboticaba, a native Brazilian tree with grape-like fruits. Known as mamón brasileño in Spanish, jaboticaba (Eugenia ...