Q: Should I be spraying my apple trees now? They have had good apples but we have had more problems in the last couple of years with apple maggots. A: No, this is not the time to spray. You are in ...

That dreaded insect, the apple maggot, has ruined many a crop from the backyard apple tree. The damage is made by worms that hatch from the eggs deposited on apples by flies. After feeding, the worms ...

Q: I have three goodland apple trees. They are an excellent apple for eating and cooking. However, this year the apples have a brown discoloration in the meat of the fruit. This discoloration looks ...

Q: My apple tree is healthy, but the past few years the insides of the apple fruits are full of brown streaks that I understand are caused by worms. The apples are very unappetizing. Is there a way to ...

Before you go picking apples this time of year, take a closer look at the fruit. Gardeners often use fake apples, coated with a sticky goo, to fool apple maggots.These insects cause the fruit to ...

On a sunny spring afternoon near Selah, a crew hired by Yakima County cut down an apple tree. This wasn’t a case of a tree growing in the right-of-way of a new road or interfering with utility lines.