It’s always useful to keep in mind that when we buy a certain variety of fruit tree we are the beneficiaries of clonal ...

Have you seen the trees around town that have large leaves similar to a magnolia and have clusters of large yellow berries? Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is the name, and the yellow berries are ...

On a recent warm May day, bundles of small sun-kissed-colored fruit droop from a towering tree in Raffy Espiritu’s backyard in Milpitas. They soak in the light and ripen in the heat before suddenly ...

Pruning a loquat tree is important for many reasons. It shapes the tree, controls its size, keeps it healthy, and ensures you get a good harvest of the juicy, aromatic fruits. But they are sensitive ...

Drive down the streets of SanTana’s oldest neighborhoods in spring, and you’ll see towering loquat trees drooping over the fences of seemingly every other house. Hundreds upon hundreds of mysterious ...