The fruit is useful for citrus recipes. The leaves are smaller than the other citrus described and most trees have small (but sharp thorns) throughout their life, but the trees are attractive and will impress your visitors. The fruit is useful for citrus recipes. The lemons are not as acidic as store bought fruit but make outstanding lemonade and are adequate for cooking and flavoring. Those available from the nursery usually have fruit on the tree if they are in ten gallon containers or...

by John Boyle, STAFF WRITER published April 12, 2007 11:36 am e-mail this Print this EDNEYVILLE - Congressman Heath Shuler met with more than 100 apple growers this morning to discuss the Easter weekend freeze that apparently has killed off most of the county's crop. by John Boyle, STAFF WRITER published April 12, 2007 11:36 am e-mail this Print this EDNEYVILLE - Congressman Heath Shuler met with more than 100 apple growers this morning to discuss the Easter weekend freeze that apparently...

India: apple growers hopeful of a bumper crop If the cheerful faces of Himachal Pradesh apple growers and orchard owners are anything to go by, apple lovers across India are likely to find markets flooded with good quality fruit this year. Apple growers and orchard owners in Himachal Pradesh are expecting a bumper crop this year due to an extended winter season, which has brought a good amount of snow and rain during February and March. Anticipating a big earning this time, the apple...

The temperature dropped to 21 degrees Sunday morning and froze the sap of his delicate peach and apple buds, which rose early last month because of unseasonably warm weather. At least 90 percent of the county's apple harvest is feared lost because of the weekend freeze. Fruit prices shouldn't be affected at grocery stores, where imports from Chile, other countries, and states unaffected by the freeze will keep supplies stable, experts said. Local growers said it's the worst damage to the...

The arctic blast that came through the Tennessee Valley over the weekend left a trail of damage that will cost area growers and the local economy millions of dollars. Two successive mornings of below-freezing temperatures made it virtually impossible for area fruit growers to do anything but hope for the best, Morgan County extension agent Mike Reeves said. Easter freeze kills area fruit crop: Agent calls it 'a regional disaster'; only 'a few strawberries' survive. Reeves said the biggest...