If you are seeking a medium sized shade tree, around thirty feet tall with a thirty foot spread, possessing unusually ornamental and gustatory qualities, consider the persimmon (Diospyros kaki).  Alt...

If you have a fruit tree or two, there’s one branch of science, despite its unfamiliar name, which you probably know something about.  The science to which I refer is phenology.  Phenology is the stu...