In the historical novel A Land Remembered, Patrick D. Smith’s early Florida cattleman Zech MacIvey spends a frightful few days and nights driving a herd through the custard apple forest west of the ...

Late spring, around May, is usually the best planting time for fruit trees. Dig a hole twice as deep as the roots on your young tree and twice as wide. Mix well-rotted garden compost or manure, plus a ...

They can be consumed when ripe or value-added to make ice cream, juice, milk shakes or desserts. They contain the antioxidants Vitamin C which helps to fight diseases. They are high in potassium and ...

The next morning she woke to find a small trail of destruction that the wild weather had left behind at her home on Kent St in East Bundaberg. "I looked outside my back door and into the back yard to ...

Common pawpaw is a small, short-trunked tree or large, multistemmed shrub, 10 to 40 feet tall, with large, tropical-like leaves. (Stefan Bloodworth / Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center) Pawpaw or ...

Native to South America or the West Indies, depending on who you read, carried to Central America and Mexico, custard apples are naturalised and cultivated in Peru and Brazil, grown in the Bahamas, ...

A farmer growing custard apples in Kamahuha village in Murang'a is making better returns after he shifted from coffee farming. In 2003, Fredrick Kinyanjui 57, retired from driving long-distance trucks ...

Custard Apple, which is known locally as Sitaphal, has been flooding the markets, especially in Shorapur and Yadgir cities in Karnataka. Custard apple trees grow in hilly areas. They yield fruits ...

DHARMAPURI: Tribal residents of Pikli and Malaiyur, who make a living by plucking custard apples that from trees inside the forests, are disappointed as they could find less number of fruits because ...

Fruits and vegetables are essential for a healthy body because they contain many nutrients that strengthen the body. Custard ...