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 ...

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 ...

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, and a small ...

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 ...