A rare Japanese fruit worth up to Rs 3 lakh per kg is now growing on an Indian rooftop. How did a gardener in Karnataka manage to cultivate the famous Miyazaki mango?
India’s forests and mountains are home to several nutrient-rich wild fruits packed with medicinal benefits. From Himalayan Burans to Ladakh’s sea buckthorn, these natural superfoods support immunity, ...
Tired of the usual apples and oranges? What if you could grow something truly extraordinary in your own garden? Imagine harvesting fruits with flavors you can't find at the grocery store, turning your ...
Black Diamond apples are a rare, high-altitude fruit from Tibet with deep purple-black skin and honey-like sweetness. Limited harvests and unique growing conditions make them highly prized and ...
POMONA, Calif. — Persimmon grower Jim Bathgate handed out tiny yellow peaches to others at the California Rare Fruit Growers' annual "Festival of Fruit" and watched with anticipation as they bit into ...
Doug Jones doesn’t seem too worried by the threat to the Cavendish banana. As a fungus infects the common bananas the public is used to seeing on supermarket shelves, Jones grows uncommon bananas, ...
Dr. Alois Falkenstein put decades of work into breeding and cultivating rare fruits in the Arizona desert, and created a community of like-minded gardeners. Over more than two decades, a small ...
Apples taste different at various points during ripening, and people who grow their own can decide when to harvest them depending on the flavor they prefer. Take the thin-skinned 'Golden Supreme,' an ...
MIAMI — Rane Roatta and Edelle Schlegel can predict when one of the rare tropical fruits they grow on their Redland farm is destined to go viral on TikTok. “If it’s an odd color or appears somewhat ...
India is known for its deep love for mangoes. Every summer, fruit markets all over the country are full of popular kinds like Alphonso, Kesar, Langra, and Dasheri. A lot of people eat these mangoes ...
Paul Thomson, a self-taught botanist who co-founded the California Rare Fruit Growers organization and helped expand exotic fruit-growing in the state, has died. He was 91. Thomson died May 31 of ...