Frosty weather in 2024 resulted in the smallest U.S. pear harvest in nearly 60 years, according to USDA data. Experts expect a rebound this season as Pacific Northwest pear orchards looked promising ...

Artificial pollination is being carried out in a pear orchard in Sabolguk-myeon, Sangju, North Gyeongsang, on April 15. [CHON KWON-PIL] “What good is inspecting the pollen when there are no ovaries?” ...

Fresh pears could be harder to find in grocery store aisles nationwide in the coming year. Bad winter weather and a record-setting freeze in January hit hard in Washington and Oregon, damaging much of ...

Global fresh apple and pear production are forecast to fall this marketing year as U.S. harvests and exports increase, according to a new USDA report. China and Turkey suffered unfavorable weather, ...

Seedless fruit production, known as parthenocarpy, offers major commercial advantages by improving eating quality, reducing labor costs, and stabilizing yields under poor pollination conditions.

Driving down the road that hugs the bank of the Sacramento River down the Delta, you’ll pass a few pear orchards that have been torn out. Carcasses of trees are piled up like pyres in one; in another, ...

According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Fresh Deciduous Fruit Annual report, Chinese pear quality has shown ...