Pear trees need good light levels to produce fruit and will thrive in a sunny and sheltered spot. They can grow as specimen trees or in trained forms against warm walls or fences, but getting the ...

One thing I did notice was fruit. After 10 barren years, my fruitless pear tree suddenly became a mother. As it turns out, sterile trees can still produce fruit if there's a cross-pollinator nearby.

Apple and pear trees can thrive with the help of an underrated herb, which has several reasons for being an excellent ...

ST. LOUIS — A foul fish-smelling odor has descended on the St. Louis region, and local fish fries aren't to blame. Countless Bradford pear, or Callery pear, trees across the area have started to ...

The Callery pear tree is starting to bloom across the state and is easy to spot along about any local roadway because of its brilliant white flowers, but they’ve become a beautiful problem.

Famous fruit December is National Pear Month, not just because we hear about them in a famous Christmas carol, but because most of the varieties are in season. There are six main states in the U.S ...

According to Phillips, a fix that could help the pear tree issue would be to plant more trees that are native to the Kansas environment. “They do the best here and are suited to our climate. If ...

A variety called Century 21 took me over two hours for one tree to thin properly, so it was eliminated from my acceptability list. Probably the best Asian pear varieties were Chojiro and Hosui.

“We call it the Fowler Pear Tree Park,” said Pattye Snyder, co-president of the 90-year-old club. “Our people have just taken care of it since the beginning.