With a seed, the tree can either be male or female ... which is one of several reasons why you may want to reconsider growing ...

Can you grow a fig from a fig tree? Well, it was Epictetus that said, 'If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you ...

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The most commonly planted fruit trees are apple trees but you don't always have to follow convention. Pear, plum, fig and medlar trees ... a successful crop is the tree's rootstock.

Former refugee Hussam Al-Saraf says a tree he has painstakingly grafted to bear 10 different fruits is ... World Record for the most types of fruit on a single tree. His tree bears five species ...