It’s known as a Williams pear to most of the world, but to us, it’s the Bartlett. It might have been the Williams pear here as well, but in 1799, when this pear first came to the new Colonies, the ...

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 ...

Aroma is another sign of ripeness for European pear varieties, though it’s less reliable than color or firmness. If your ...

We make a lot of fuss over heirloom peach varieties that date back to the 1960s and tomatoes that go back as far as the 1930s. But did you know that the Bartlett pear, that standard grocery store ...

A relatively mild winter, favorable growing conditions during the spring and summer and financial help from a federal agency ...

Bartletts launch pear season in California each summer. The Bartlett is a climacteric fruit, like an avocado or a banana, which means the fruit does not ripen on the tree. You can buy a tree-ripened ...

Urban Abundance, a Slow Food Southwest Washington program, is gearing up for its largest fundraiser and harvest. Called Pick-a-Pear-a-thon, it’ll happen either the second or third week in August. It ...

Have you ever had a dessert pear? Seckel pear, a small delicious dessert pear, is known as the only true American pear because it allegedly first appeared as a mutation on a farm owned by a Mr. Seckel ...

Gardening season is in full swing and there are lots of questions out there. Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...

Have a gardening question? We will publish gardening questions sent to [email protected] or mailed to the Midland Daily News, Ask the Midland County Master Gardener, 124 S. McDonald St., Midland, MI ...

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