Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. Most pear varieties need to cross-pollinate with a different variety in order to produce fruit, because they can't self-pollinate. To ensure good ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. bhofack2 / GETTY IMAGES For some reason, pears don't get as much love and attention as apples, and we think it's time for that to ...

Filling your yard with edible plants is a no-brainer. It's always nice to have backup food sources in case you lose your income or there are emergency food shortages. But choosing abundant producers ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person touches the bottom of a pear as it hangs on the tree. - Ingwervanille/Getty Images If you haven't been fortunate enough ...

Pear trees can be roughly divided into two types: European and Asian. This distinction is not just about origin but also the fruit they produce. Fruit from Asian pears is usually crunchy and round or ...

YAKIMA — As new varieties of apples have increased their presence in Washington orchards and on the nation’s grocery store shelves, pear growers are slowly but surely expanding their offerings. With ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. — Backed by a federal grant, Kelsey Galimba, an assistant professor at Oregon State University’s Mid-Columbia Agricultural Research and Extension Center, and others have launched ...

As new varieties of apples have increased their presence in Washington orchards and on the nation’s grocery store shelves, pear growers are slowly but surely expanding their offerings. With most of ...

A woman in a black and white polka-dot blouse holding a basket of pears she picked from a tree. - Kasefoto/Shutterstock Filling your yard with edible plants is a no-brainer. It's always nice to have ...