Quince is the ugly duckling of the pome family, which includes apples and pears. This yellow-green fruit is lumpy, hard as a rock, and sometimes hairy. Unlike apples and pears, most varieties of ...

One promising candidate is prunin laurate, a fruit-derived flavonoid compound that has shown considerable antibacterial effects against the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Because I know stuff grows on the outskirts of the property – apples, figs, apricots, pears – a real orchard of a place as long as I don’t go near it, and definitely never with a basket until the ...

The covered and irrigated veggie patch/orchard is brimming with heritage fruit trees, including apples, pears, plums, apricots and nectarines. There’s also a bunker that handily doubles as a wine ...