Lawn & Garden

DAVIES WINS GUGGENHEIM, SENIOR FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS

COLLEGE STATION - Fred T. Davies Jr., professor of horticulture and of molecular and environmental plant sciences at Texas A&M… Read More

May 19, 1999

MASTER GARDENERS RECEIVE RESOLUTION FROM TEXAS LEGISLATURE

EDITORS: This story is embargoed until Wednesday, May 19, 1999 AUSTIN -- People who love gardening and who share that… Read More

May 18, 1999

EL PASO PECAN MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP SET MAY 20-21

EL PASO -- Pecan growers and farm hands will have an opportunity to learn various aspects of pecan orchard management… Read More

May 14, 1999

FINAL LECTURE SERIES SET FOR TUESDAY

WESLACO -- The last in a series of free seminars by noted researchers on the health benefits of fruits and… Read More

April 23, 1999

VALLEY CROPS MATURING EARLY; MELON FIELD DAYS SET

WESLACO -- Veteran scientists at the Texas A&M Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Weslaco say this year's cotton and… Read More

April 16, 1999

EXTENSION HORTICULTURIST PREDICTS SCANTY PEACH CROP

OVERTON -- El Nino, aided and abetted by La Nina, will mean fewer peach trees producing a crop and perhaps… Read More

April 14, 1999

FIRE BLIGHT ON PEARS UNUSUALLY SEVERE THIS SPRING

OVERTON -- County extension agents are reporting that fire blight attacks on pear trees are early and unusually severe in… Read More

April 8, 1999

VEGETABLE IMPROVEMENT THEME OF ANNUAL MEETING IN WESLACO

WESLACO -- Improving fruits and vegetables grown in Texas will be the topic for a two day meeting of the… Read More

March 5, 1999

FRUIT, VEGETABLE STUDIES, EDUCATION MAY IMPROVE TEXANS’ HEALTH

COLLEGE STATION -- When people talk about the risk for cancer, one product -- tobacco -- gets all the attention.… Read More

February 23, 1999

ALTERNATIVE CROPS RECOMMENDED AT WEST TEXAS VEGETABLE CONFERENCE

HEREFORD -- The Texas High Plains can be a profitable place to grow such niche crops as alternative corns, chiles… Read More

February 23, 1999