Germinating and growing time-lapse of a pear tree from a seed to young plant. Pear seeds were extracted from a fresh ...

“Temperature has a direct relationship with pear ripening; higher temperatures lead to faster ripening, while lower ...

Weymouth is a small winery, producing about 150 cases of wine a year. Of those about 30 cases are Asian pear wine. Bottles ...

Asian pears are ready to eat when purchased; European pears ripen after harvest. Check European pears for color changes, sweet aroma and soft flesh near the stem to spot ripeness. To speed ripening, ...

Pears may not get as much attention as apples, but they’re still one of fall’s most treasured fruits. They can be enjoyed raw as a snack and pair beautifully with a variety of cheeses and nuts — or ...

Lately, we’ve been a little obsessed with this whole state food question. We’ve asked readers (who’ve already narrowed it down) to tell us which they’d choose: Sonoran hot dogs or prickly pear fruit.

Prickly pear fruit (and pads) is just one of many wild desert foods long used by Indigenous people. If you are harvesting prickly pear fruit this year, do so with respect, leaving fruit on the cactus ...

Author Joan Morgan says Beurré Superfin is one of her favorite pears. It's "truly delicious: very buttery, juicy, cream to pale yellow flesh, intensely rich with plenty of sugar lemony acidity," she ...

We make a lot of fuss over heirloom peach varieties that date back to the 1960s and tomatoes that go back as far as the 1930s. But did you know that the Bartlett pear, that standard California grocery ...

Treat others, and yourself, to the finer things in life like our poached pears in caramel sauce. We will show you how to make ...

In fall, apples dominate as the season's fruit. The profusion of different varieties, the revival of heirloom varieties, the apple pies and other baked goods, the ciders made from different apples, ...