Umeboshi, Japanese apricot, Chinese plum: Prized fruit by any name By Jeff Spurrier Jan. 8, 2013 7:53 PM PT ...

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Japanese beetles should not be of much concern unless their population gets very high and causes significant damage to leaves, stressing the trees. However, another insect, plum curculio, a kind ...

There are approximately 250 varieties of plums grown in California. They thrive in the San Joaquin Valley, are one of the easiest fruit trees to grow in the home garden, and are delicious to eat.

It’s the best time to prune stone fruits such as cherry, peach, nectarine and Japanese plums, because cuts made on these trees during our rainy winters are highly susceptible to bacterial ...

Instead of growing upright, most Japanese plum trees grow outward, though it’s rare to see one go to such lengths as Chip’s, obviously happy on a gentle, sun-facing slope.

Taking only 120 days to mature, the oval-shaped fruit is sweet and juicy with a single pit. Most trees bear regularly and well, even when growing far from other loquat trees. A tree 5 years old ...

Before the cherry blossoms start to bloom next month, locals can head to the DC War Memorial to see their slightly-less-famous friends—the Japanese plum trees. Here’s what to know about these ...

The tree blooms white fragrant flowers from October through February, and the fruit is ready for harvest in early spring. You can recognize loquats this time of year by their large clusters of ...