Growing apple trees from seed isn't hard, but it is an exercise in patience. Getty Images Have you ever driven out to the country for the requisite apple picking fall activity before coming home to ...

Seemingly everyone’s favorite fruit snack, the apple has a long history that can be traced back thousands of years to Central Asia, where the domestic apple’s wild ancestor can still be found today.

How exciting to think of a full-size tree locked up within each seed still clinging to the branches of sugar maples, hornbeams, oaks, sycamores and other trees at the end of summer. It was with such ...