It's vital to know the exact time you should harvest pears because pears are ready to be picked when they're fully formed, not when they're ripe on the tree. Leave them until they're ripe and you may ...

A person touches the bottom of a pear as it hangs on the tree. - Ingwervanille/Getty Images If you haven't been fortunate enough to grow and care for a pear tree in your backyard, you might not know ...

Knowing when to harvest pears is confusing to many gardeners, because tree-ripened pears often do not usually have good quality. They develop stone or grit cells, or a mealy texture that makes the ...

Fall looms but gardening season is far from over, and you may have questions. To ask one, simply go to the OSU Extension website, type it in and include the county where you live. A photo is very ...

Not every fruit tree can withstand temperatures as cold as 40 degrees below zero. This one can, which may be unsurprising ...

Pear harvest season is expected to end in mid-October, with the crop on pace to be “bountiful,” according to USA Pears, which forecasts 60% more fruit than last year. According to a Washington State ...

Apple, pears and plums are the lowest maintenance fruit trees once established. Besides annual pruning, they're easy to care ...

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 ...

Ever looked out at your garden in winter and wondered if you should bother with pruning? It can feel odd to fuss over plants that seem lifeless, but this is actually a smart season for some hands-on ...

CASHMERE — The Washington State Tree Fruit Association estimates around 10.6 million 44-pound boxes of pears will be harvested in the Northwest region — a 31 percent decrease from the past five-year ...