Growing fruit trees comes with many perils. As well as the unpredictable weather, there is always the risk of pests nibbling your fruit and diseases that can harm trees and wreck harvests.

Pear trellis rust is a relatively new disease of pears and junipers in Connecticut. The fungus that causes pear trellis rust is Gymnosporangium sabinae. It requires two unrelated host plants, pear and ...

While their white blooms signal the arrival of spring, they emit an unpleasant odor reminiscent of rotten fish — and that's not even their biggest issue. Commonly planted across Texas by homeowners ...