Late spring, around May, is usually the best planting time for fruit trees. Dig a hole twice as deep as the roots on your ...

In the historical novel A Land Remembered, Patrick D. Smith’s early Florida cattleman Zech MacIvey spends a frightful few days and nights driving a herd through the custard apple forest west of the ...

They can be consumed when ripe or value-added to make ice cream, juice, milk shakes or desserts. They contain the antioxidants Vitamin C which helps to fight diseases. They are high in potassium and ...

Custard apples are rich in vitamin C, which strengthens the immune system and helps protect the body against common infections With its rich supply of B-complex vitamins like B6, custard apple aids ...

Common pawpaw is a small, short-trunked tree or large, multistemmed shrub, 10 to 40 feet tall, with large, tropical-like leaves. (Stefan Bloodworth / Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center) Pawpaw or ...

A farmer growing custard apples in Kamahuha village in Murang'a is making better returns after he shifted from coffee farming. In 2003, Fredrick Kinyanjui 57, retired from driving long-distance trucks ...

Fruits and vegetables are essential for a healthy body because they contain many nutrients that strengthen the body. Custard ...

White sapote trees may have been trendy 50 years ago, but these days they are empty-lot plants, the kind of urban flora most often seen sprouting from scattered seed in some neglected patch of ...