There’s an old joke: What’s worse than finding a worm in your apple? Finding half a worm. For an apple-tree-owner, worse still is finding a worm – or worm holes – in every single fruit on your tree.

Q. I’m a retired college professor. I garden organically with only moderate success. Most of the apples on my prolific tree have worm holes. Is there an organic strategy that would help? I cut around ...

Why didn't the two worms go into Noah's Ark inside an apple? Because Noah told them they had to go in pairs. Joking aside, worm damage to apples is no laughing matter. Have you ever sliced a homegrown ...

Q: My dad has directed me your way, in regards to obtaining help for our apple trees.

“Don’t let the worms spoil your apple,” warns the Wormy Apples children’s board game. The game is won by pulling all of the pesky worm pieces out of the plastic apple. If “worms” have been spoiling ...

Q. We have had two questions related to growing apples this past week. The first reader asks why their Gala apples are not turning red even though they taste ripe. The second reader sent a photo of an ...