Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. The flowers of most pear varieties can't pollinate themselves. Instead, they must cross-pollinate with a different variety to develop fruit. A different ...

New research will give farmers insight into which pears consumers like best and how much they are willing to pay for different varieties. Kevin Moffitt, president and CEO of the Pear Bureau Northwest, ...

It's hard to compete with America's most readily available fruit, but that's precisely what pears do when they go head-to-head with apples each year. Due to their similar growing conditions, harvest ...

In season from late summer through late winter, pears are one of the few fruits that actually ripen off the tree. Unlike apples and other tree fruit, when left to ripen on branches, they can become ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- Apples, Starbucks, fir trees, Microsoft, Boeing and Nirvana. Any Washingtonian worth their salt could tell you that those six things arguably are what puts the Evergreen State on the ...

Apples and pears are a delight in the home garden — beautiful when in bloom, rewarding when in fruit and offering a graceful winter silhouette. As if their beauty and delicious harvest were not enough ...