Charlyn Moltane, who gardens in Fountain Valley, emailed as follows: “My friend in Garden Grove has grown four apricot trees from the seeds of store-bought fruit. These trees are now five feet tall ...

Q: We just planted a semidwarf apricot tree. It has two fruits on it, but no additional flowers. How do we take care of a new tree? How often do we water it? Do we need to worry about worms? Our tree ...

When one writes about cyanide in a food column, it gets people's attention. In my column of Dec. 8, I wrote that apple, peach and apricot seeds contain amygdalin, a glycoside (a kind of carbohydrate) ...