Have you ever noticed that your backyard apple or pear tree produces a large quantity of fruit one year, but a ...

The oatmeal cookie is made with Anjou pear butter and has a toasted cinnamon walnut streusel center. Sugarpine Drive-In's seasonal oatmeal-pear cookie. Ryan Fernandez/The Oregonian ...

A Partridge in a Pear Tree Photograph by Jeremy Kramer Anjou Pear Reed Diffuser & Candle Infuse your home with the subtly sweet and juicy aroma of the Anjou Pear by the flame of a candle or a ...

Near the Tri-Cities, the fruit trees grow west of the town in mountainous areas where there’s volcanic soil and a pattern of cold nights and hot days. Benton County has 207 acres of pears and ...

Near the Tri-Cities, the fruit trees grow west of the town in mountainous areas where there’s volcanic soil and a pattern of cold nights and hot days. Benton County has 207 acres of pears and ...

Near the Tri-Cities, the fruit trees grow west of the town in mountainous areas where there’s volcanic soil and a pattern of cold nights and hot days. Benton County has 207 acres of pears and ...

Pear trees mature slowly, hence “plant pears for your heirs,” an adage I heard several times while reporting this story, but they are long-lived. Some say they can live up to 350 years old.

Late bloomers, false starts Pear trees take 7 to 11 years to reach maturity, and it’s risky for growers to plant acres of an untested fruit while removing blocks of proven varieties.

WAPATO, Wash. — Shara Green, a fourth-generation tree fruit farmer, is co-owner of Green Thumb Orchard in Wapato, Wash. She grows 26 acres of Bartlett, Packham, Bosc and D’Anjou pears, […] ...

In 1847, an Iowa native brought pears into Oregon. In 2005, the Oregon legislature named the pear the state fruit as Oregon’s climate and soil allow pears of many varieties to thrive.

This slow process is difficult and costly, requiring the long-term commitment of labor, materials, and land-space resources. However, traditional pear breeding might get some help from genomics, ...