Q: We want to plant a few fruit trees in our back yard. The man at the nursery told us that all their trees were “low chill” trees. Now, I’m wondering just what he meant by that. A: You were talking ...

An international team led by researchers has sequenced the genome of the almond tree and compared it to that of its closest relative, the peach tree. The most substantive differences between these ...

Merced College is celebrating a major step as students planted more than 1,000 almond trees across 10 acres of land.

California raisins know how to dance and sing – they have that X factor most dried fruits can only aspire to. However, raisins aren't the Golden State's only agricultural star. When it comes to ...

A team of researchers with members from Spain, Switzerland, Denmark and Italy has found the genetic difference between bitter wild almonds and the sweet domesticated variety. In their paper published ...

On Tuesday, we told you how over-production in California’s almond industry was hurting local growers, with some resorting to uprooting almond trees to maintain their livelihoods. That’s been a ...

Kashmir's orchards are witnessing an unusual early bloom of almond blossoms, weeks ahead of schedule due to a significantly warmer February. This premature flowering, driven by higher temperatures and ...