EL SOBRANTE — Idell Weydemeyer loves the story of the Soviet botanist who smuggled thousands of varieties of wild pomegranates out of Russia to save them from certain destruction. The actions of the ...

Oh, South Florida, how do we love you? Let us count the ways: Tons of sun. Pleasant, year-round temperatures. Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Yes, living in paradise certainly has its ...

On today’s program we talked about perennials and trees that produce fruit with three guests, all members of the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International (TBRFCI). Joining the show ...

Dr. Alois Falkenstein put decades of work into breeding and cultivating rare fruits in the Arizona desert, and created a community of like-minded gardeners. Over more than two decades, a small ...

Doug Jones doesn’t seem too worried by the threat to the Cavendish banana. As a fungus infects the common bananas the public is used to seeing on supermarket shelves, Jones grows uncommon bananas, ...

Dragon fruit, mangosteen, and rambutan – once rare finds in Western grocery stores – now fill produce aisles alongside ...

Orange juice, lemon's, Lyons. You find them Oliver San Diego. The problem is, they all need a lot of water. With everyone's attention on California's drought and limiting outdoor watering, is a ...

Colombian environmental engineer and fruit seed enthusiast Gian Paolo Daguer poses for a picture holding a fruit during an interview with AFP in Bogota on December 12, 2024. Bent over a mobile phone ...

Persimmon (Diospyros kaki), kaki and Sharon fruit, need a hotter than average summer in Britain and responded well last ...