If you’ve recently purchased a fruit or nut tree — or if you already have one in your home landscape — take a close look at the trunk near the soil surface. You might see a faint scar where two ...

Carya is a North American genus of tree first recognized by English naturalist Thomas Nuttall in his work “The Genera of North American Plants” (1818). The ancient Greek meaning of Carya, is “nut.” ...