There are thousands of varieties of pears across the globe, but only a handful appear regularly on our grocers’ shelves. But which pear should you pick for which purpose? Varieties like Comice ...

It is a pretty exciting time for pears.' Heirloom pears, both European and Maine varieties, are beginning to get attention in ...

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Groups trade visits to orchards in the Netherlands and Washington, organized by the Orchard of the Future collaboration.

The primary reason for pears being a good food for gut health is because of their high fibre content. A pear can yield as much as 6 grams of dietary fibre in its medium size, equivalent to about ...

Bark – Light brown/gray; at maturity, bark has horizontal lenticels. The flowering pear (Pyrus calleryana), also commonly called Bradford or Callery pear, is native to East and Southeast Asia and was ...

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Adult apple codling moths are around half to ¾ inches long with brown-grey wings and a distinctive coppery band of scales at ...

A prolonged cold snap in January, and cooler periods that followed, have ravaged the pear crops in Oregon and Washington. The harvest data shows that Washington farmers are likely to have the ...

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Pick the perfect pear for your next pie, cheese board, or over-the-sink snack. There are thousands of varieties of pears across the globe, but only a handful appear regularly on our grocers ...