My wife, Kathy, and I moved into our present home in 1979. At last we had some space to garden and plant some fruit trees! During the next two or three years we planted some of the usual varieties, ...

Growing a papaya tree is a simple matter. If you plant papaya seeds now from store-bought fruit, you will probably see a crop within a year. Papaya trees will die in a frost but they may be grown ...

Three years ago, I impulse-purchased a tiny Fuyu persimmon tree from a specialty nursery on Vancouver Island. As a non-native species, the exotic tree did not qualify for inclusion in our small urban ...

Persimmons are ripening now throughout our area. There are two types: Fuyu persimmon fruit are flattened with a rounded bottom. Hachiya persimmons are larger, brighter orange, more heart-shaped, and ...

Persimmons grow slowly, are fairly easy to maintain and put on lots of bright, orange fruits in the fall. (Randy L. Rasmussen) Dreaming of a fresh fruit harvest from your own yard? Many fruits grow ...