What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Answer: Finding half a worm. Modern pesticides and strict inspection policies have made finding a codling moth larva, or worm, in an apple from a ...

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.

Dear Roger: Tent caterpillars have attacked my fruit trees for the last four years in a row. They always show up in July. Is there anything I can spray them with? — Cary Bishop in Elizabethtown Dear ...

The western cherry fruit fly can’t lay eggs in the fruit until the fruit begins to soften. A salmon-colored blush on the cherries is a reliable sign that the fruit is softening and needs protection to ...

I received the following email from Doug Brooks, who gardens in Claremont. “For years, I have used some type of yearly insect control product to help protect my fruit trees. The last few years I have ...

If insecticide sprays are applied too late, the pests enter and eat inside the fruit where they are protected from sprays. If applied too early, the spray will dissipate and be ineffective when the ...