Ever try to grow your own avocado tree from a pit or seed to young plant? In this time lapse, the avocado seed was taken off of a fresh store-bought avocado and germinated with moist towel for 20 days ...

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Laurel wilt is a disease spread by the non-native red bay ambrosia beetle that affects trees in the laurel family. The disease, which originated from infested wood packing material, has killed native ...

Spoerel paid $20 for each case of 60 bright green avocados from Mexico, about $0.33 each. He said Mexican avocados are the ...

Byron “Barney” Titcomb’s six-foot avocado tree thrives in his office, but without a mate of the opposite sex, it may never bear fruit.

Virginia’s Department of Forestry strives to see many more native trees planted in the Commonwealth. For the second year in a row, they are willing to give money away to make that happen. DOF has $800 ...

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The pawpaw, a fruit native to Indiana, ripens in the fall and has a tropical flavor. Purdue University researchers studied the pawpaw for its potential cancer-fighting properties, but it never made it ...

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