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Scientists: Rare pear is a genetic peach

Thursday, February 1, 2007

WASHINGTON – As the bright yellow, fuzzy cousins of pears and apples, quinces maintain a relatively low profile among the pome fruits.

How to plant pear trees to produce fruit

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Learn how to successfully plant pear trees and ensure that they produce fruit by understanding their growing requirements and best practices for planting.

Planting Callery pear no longer permitted in Ohio

Friday, January 20, 2023

It is now illegal to sell, grow, or plant Callery pear in Ohio because of its invasive qualities and likelihood to cause economic or environmental harm.

How to find and forage for wild Ohio pears

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

The wild Ohio pear is a common orchard pear that has escaped cultivation and taken root in the wild. Learn where to find them and when to pick them.

Bradford pear tree blooms fill air with rotting stench

Thursday, May 28, 2015

The Bradford pear is not native to the United States.

Bald-faced hornets: Amazing arboreal artists

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Tami Gingrich offers insight into the construction of the large, grey, pear-shaped, nests built by bald-faced hornets.

Here’s the scoop on avocado

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

What’s so great about this versatile pear-shaped food? For starters, it’s good for you. Plus, it’s delicious.

How to treat sunburns with native plants in the Midwest

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Prickly pear, wild rose and wild peach trees have properties that make them ideal for treating sunburn. Learn how to find and prepare them to soothe burns.

Experts warn of strep-resistant fire blight found in New York orchards

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell plant pathologists have issued a warning to New York apple and pear growers after discovering a strain of fire blight that is resistant to such traditional treatments as the antibiotic streptomycin.

Purplebrown Farmstead focuses on imitating nature

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

In 2021, Sasha Miller is hoping to get pears from the trees she planted a few years ago for the first time, at Purplebrown Farmstead. Those trees are part of her long term plan to develop a cider orchard.
But her permaculture system also involves pigs, poultry, vegetables and mushrooms. Permaculture, Miller explained, involves creating a system that can be sustainable and self sufficient.