This week, Tom advises a reader whose apple and pears trees have been plagued by leaf curl year after year - Alamy ...

Q: I have a peach tree that is about 4 years old and it has been producing some really good peaches. Last year, it developed peach leaf curl in the spring. That summer, it didn’t produce much fruit, ...

Q: After losing a prized peach tree to curl disease, I recently ordered a ‘Frost’ peach because I heard it is highly resistant to the disease. Are there other peach trees that are also resistant? A: ...

I have a 3-year old nectarine tree that looks very healthy in late spring and early summer. Last year it was full of fruit but later dropped every single fruit when they were still small. I suspect ...

If you have a peach tree, this may not be your year for peach ice cream. After an especially wet spring, many trees are afflicted with peach leaf curl, a fungal disease. “It’s mostly a leaf disease, ...

Q: My plum tree has leaf curl. Is there anything I can do to get rid of it now that they have leafed out and have little baby plums growing? I sprayed all my trees with a dormant spray twice over the ...

Cold temperatures slow down many garden pest problems. But it is also a key time for gardeners to take action to prevent certain pests from becoming problems next spring. One of the most important of ...

THE disease known as peach-leaf curl is due to a fungus called Exoascus defonnans (Berk.), and seems to be more or less common and destructive wherever peach-trees are grown. It is almost confined to ...

Growing fruit in a backyard or home orchard can be rewarding or can be very frustrating, depending on disease and insect pests that may be present. While it is tempting to plant fruit trees and not ...