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 ...

Northwest, California and national pear production were predicted to plummet this season, according to recently released USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service reports. The West Coast’s apple ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in August 2020. We're resharing it in August 2024. We are approaching peak prickly pear season. Called "tunas" in Spanish, the deep, purple-red ...

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 ...

So there I was, stalking the wild prickly pear cactus. With tongs in hand, I gave each fruit a quick twist. Within 10 minutes I had 6 pounds — and all without even a scratch. After attending a ...

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 ...

An August heat spell brought the Rogue Valley’s pear harvest on track for a normal schedule. Rogue Valley growers began harvesting red pears in mid-August and began picking Comice blocks just before ...