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 ...

Q. We have an older Bartlett pear tree. It bears a lot of fruit almost every year. The pears rot around the core on the tree. I understand there was a problem last year with a lot of fruit trees, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It is hard to believe this is the last week of April. Hopefully, most of the cold weather is behind us as we experienced two very chilling nights this week ...

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 ...

Pears should be harvested when fully formed, but not ripe. Most years that time is early August for Bartletts, but this year everything seems to be early, so it's important to watch your pears for ...

Pears are one of the most popular fruit trees to grow around the world and growing a pear tree in your garden allows you to ...

Q. A heavy hailstorm a couple of weeks ago stripped most of the leaves off our live oaks. As late as the spring has been this year, will they produce new leaves this season? Is there anything else we ...