Fruit Pests

  • apples rotten from apple maggot
    How-To

    Pest Control for the Northwest: Apple Maggot

    As summer starts to heat up and everything edible starts to ripen, gardeners start worrying about apple maggots (Rhagoletis pomonella) in their apple trees. Long established in eastern North America,…

  • red raspberries
    Design

    How to Grow Raspberries

    Select an everbearing variety, practice a few trellising and pruning tricks, and pick berries from July through fall

  • scale insect damage on leaves
    Kitchen Gardening

    Controlling Scales, a Common Pest of Fruit Trees

    Scale insects can be serious pests for fruit and nut trees, currants, grapes, and raspberries. Here's how to deal with them.