Growing fruit in a backyard or home orchard can be rewarding or can be very frustrating, depending on disease and insect pests that may be present. While it is tempting to plant fruit trees and not ...

Bartlett pears — aka the most popular pears in the world — are large, soft, sweet, juicy green or yellow fruits that taste just as delicious eaten raw as they do when baked or flambéed in ...

Ladybugs, though popular, were surprising underachievers in pear orchards. Of the 38 collected, only 17% had spider mite DNA ...