Apple
Malus cv.
With the availability of dwarf trees, nearly any backyard can accommodate some of these fruit trees. Stan more...

Banana
Musa spp.
Even though it is considered a tropical plant, you too can grow a Banana tree. Harvesting fruit, though, more...

Blackberry
Rubus cv.
Blackberries and raspberries are very similar. They are both brambles that grow on biennial canes emanati more...

Blueberry
Vaccinium spp.
Cultivated blueberry production in the South consists predominantly of the northern highbush blueber more...

Cherry
Prunus avium (Sweet Cherry);
Prunus cerasus (Pie Cherry)
Sweet Cherry is very difficult to grow in the more...

Citrus
Citrus spp.
With selection of the more cold-hardy varieties, Citrus can be grown in the warmer spots of Zone 8a and more...

Citrus - Cold-hardy
I am frequently asked if there is any citrus plant that can be grown outdoors year-round in Atlanta.

Unfortunately, th more...

Easy Apples
One of my favorite fall memories is hiding in the top of a big apple tree on my family’s farm and eating all I could pick. Up more...

Fig
Ficus carica
Figs suffer from winter damage in some parts of the Southeast but their soft, luscious fruit is prized more...

Fig - Pruning
The past years have produced bumper crops of figs for home gardeners. There were enough for birds, yellow jackets, kids and a more...

Figs - Identifying
Identifying flowers is easy compared to identifying figs. There are hundreds of varieties grown around the world. Some are on more...

Fire Blight
Apples, crabapples and pears are susceptible in spring to a bacterial disease known as fire blight. The most noticeable sympt more...

Fruit - Homeowner Spray Guide
Georgia is a great state for fruit production. Unfortunately, it is also a great state for the insects and diseases which lim more...

Fruit - Pollination Requirements
In order for a plant to produce fruit, the flowers must be pollinated. In general, insects and wind will take care of the mec more...

Fruit Trees - Sources
There is renewed interest in growing fruits and vegetables for ornament and for food in the landscape. However, finding the s more...

Fruits - Freeze Protection
When cold temepratures are predicted after a week of warm winter weather, peach and blueberry owners begin to worry about how more...

Grape, Bunch
Vitis cv.
American and French hybrid bunch Grapes can be grown in most areas of the Southeast as long as varieti more...

Kiwifruit
Actinidia spp.
What a difference a name makes! Chinese Gooseberry is not a fruit name that invites tasting but when more...

Mayhaw
Crataegus spp.
Mayhaws are closely related to Apple and Pear and have been used as dwarfing rootstocks for both. M more...

Meyer Lemon - History
By Sophia Markoulakis, San Francisco Chronicle
Saturday, March 12, 2005
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Miracle Berry
Berries that make a lemon taste sweet?? When retired Fernbank Science Center naturalist David Funderburk sent me a note abou more...

Mulberry
Morus alba
Mulberries are large, fast-growing trees that are good fruit producers for humans and wildlife. The frui more...

Muscadine - Sources
Possums, yellow jackets and adolescents are aficionados of a true Southern delicacy: muscadine grapes! The juicy fruits are a more...

Muscadine Grape
Vitis rotundifolia
Muscadines are truly a fruit that puts the South in your mouth. They were discovered here by t more...

Muskmelon
Cucumis melo var. reticulates
Muskmelons are vine crops, closely related to cucumbers, squashes, and pumpkins. Thes more...

Pawpaw
Asimina triloba
The Pawpaw is a native American fruit found in Zones 6a to 8a. It grows as a small tree with a shor more...

Peach
Prunus persica
Peach trees are challenging to grow in the Southeast, even though Georgia is known as the Peach Stat more...

Peach - Brown Rot
Georgia is known as "The Peach State" but our peach harvest is made lower by a common disease: brown rot.

The keys to more...

Peach - Gummosis
We may live in "The Peach State" but anyone who has tried to grow this fruit can attest that it is not as easy as it sounds.< more...

Pear
Pyrus cv.

Pears would be as plentiful as Apples were it not for the bacterial disease called fire blight. Most more...

Persimmon
Diospyros spp.
Persimmons can be grown throughout the Southeast. Opossums and humans enjoy the fruit each October. more...

Plum
Prunus cv.
Plums can be grown throughout the Southeast and are an excellent addition to the backyard grower's orch more...

Pomegranate
Punica granatum
Pomegranates grow as dense, bushy shrubs 6 to 12 feet tall with thorny, slender branches. Where win more...

Pruning Fruits and Fruit Trees
I really like the concept of synthesis - - bringing several things together to make a product that's more useful than its pa more...

Quince
Cydonia oblonga
Several types of Quinces are grown in the South. Before there were super-sour candies, schoolchildr more...

Raspberry
Rubus cv.
Fresh Raspberries are nearly impossible to find in grocery stores because they deteriorate quickly after more...

Raspberry - Growing
I hate to brag .... but I did something last spring that has given me more pleasure this summer than just about anything else more...

Strawberry
Fragaria cv.
Growing your own Strawberries means that you can have the makings for a tasty treat, especially with more...

Watermelon
Citrullus linatus
Summertime celebrations would be incomplete without watermelons. Children of all ages love the sw more...