Hidden amongst mossy crags on an uninhabited outer-Hebridean island of Scotland’s west coast, a rare example of a pure European crab apple tree species has been surviving, likely since the end of the ...

Malus sieversii is a wild apple native to the mountains of southern Kazakhstan. Anna Yu/Alamy The foothills of Kazakhstan’s Tian Shan mountains are something of a genetic wonderland. This vast ...

Apples are from Central Asia. But that doesn’t guarantee they will survive there forever. Climate change and human activity are threatening the wild apple with “local and regional extinction” in its ...

This story first appeared on Civil Eats. If you know where to look in the fall, you’ll find patches of ground turned red with wild apples in certain parts of Ithaca, New York. Steve Selin knows where ...

A cold, blustery morning punctuated with a 30-minute snowfall Saturday didn’t stop about a dozen people from joining in an educational experience of pruning wild apple trees in part of the 183-acre ...

Bunker has spent more than 30 years learning about, promoting, identifying and propagating apples. One (almost) sure-fire way to tell a wild apple tree from a domestic one: Look for the graft, said ...

PORTSMOUTH — Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Forest Society Education Center at Creek Farm. Releasing and pruning wild apple trees can keep them healthy and result in greater fruit production ...