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Currant and red currant bushes, growing delicious currants

Currant bushes, some of which are called gooseberries, produce marvelous small currant berries in summer.

Long sprig of red currant with at least thirthy berries against dark green background.

Apricot tree, producing delicious apricots

The apricot tree is a wonderful fruit tree that requires a bit of care to produce beautiful apricots, but it’s easy to grow.

The branch of an apricot tree loaded with ripe orange fruit.

Fruit flies, how to fight them

Very small flies score the fruits with their ovipositor to deposit their eggs inside. These eggs will hatch inside the fruit, and the larvae will eat

Fruit fly, yellow, on bright green leaf with black background.

Acerola, power-packed vitamin C

Acerola, also called Barbados cherry, is a red-colored fruit that is renowned and appreciated for its high levels of vitamin C.

Peach tree, growing delicious peaches

Peach trees are exceptional fruit trees that call for some care to produce a nice peach harvest.

Peach on a peach tree, skin turning red.

Raspberry bushes, delicate fruits

Raspberries are easy to grow and their harvest is abundant.

Raspberry bush with a handful of raspberries growing on it.

Almond tree, amazing when blooming

The almond tree is a simply magnificent fruit tree, famous for its spectacular pink-white blooming.

Blooming almond tree in green field with blue sky.

Persimmon, the kaki tree

The persimmon tree is a unique tree that produces marvelous fruits in fall.

Three ripe orange persimmon fruits on a table, a fourth sliced open.

Medlar, a fruit tree to rediscover

The medlar is a fruit tree that has long been forgotten but deserves to be rediscovered by all!

Medlar fruit, thickening but not yet ripe, on a branch.

All about Strawberry from sowing to harvest

A strawberry plant produces fruits with a tender and fragrant flesh, which bring to mind thoughts of summer, sun and refreshing snacks.

Strawberry plant with leaves and three fruits resting on a protective piece of slate.

Grapevine, producing nice bunches of grapes

Grapevine is a beautiful fruit tree, offering us grapes at the end of summer.

Fig tree, a summer-loving fruit tree

The fig tree is an amazing fruit tree with very unique leaves.

Actinidia, the kiwi tree

Kiwi is a delicious fruit to savor and it’s also filled with vitamin C.

Fruits of the kiwi tree hanging from a treillis.

Bigarreau cherry tree, the ultimate cherry

Bigarreau cherry trees produce beautiful cherries, sweet and fleshy and firm, and their productivity is abundant.

Cherries of the bigarreau variety are darker in color.

Cherry tree, an easy and generous fruit tree

Cherry trees are among the most common fruit trees found in our orchards.

A few cherries hanging from a branch on a cherry tree.

Blackcurrant, small but bountiful

Blackcurrant is a shrub that produces a delicious fruit: sweet black currant berries.

A handful of black currant berries on a branch

Best practices to enhance fruit harvest

Why does a fruit tree’s blooming already share much about the quality of its fruit-bearing? Pollination plays a critical role in the formation of fruits.

Increase fruit harvest - a basket of apples.

How to keep apples

One fruit has what it takes to keep for many a long month, just for us to savor it deep into the heart of winter: the apple.

Apricots, little bites of sun

A few words about apricots in France… 2012 apricot production in France – 160,900 tons 1 Production areas in France – Languedoc-Roussillon, the Rhône river area, the Mediterranean coastal areas.

Blackberry bush and blackberries, delicious small summer fruits

Blackberry shrubs offer delicious blackberries if you care for them well. Basic blackberry facts Name – Rubus fruticosus Family – Rosaceae Type – fruit shrub Height – 3 to 10 feet (1 to 3 m) Exposure – full sun, part sun Soil – rich enough Foliage – deciduous Flowering – June-July Harvest – August to October Planting, […]