Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. The flowers of most pear varieties can't pollinate themselves. Instead, they must cross-pollinate with a different variety to develop fruit. A different ...

Saving seed is a selective process — you don’t need to save seed from every plant in your garden. Monitoring blossom times, ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It is hard to believe this is the last week of April. Hopefully, most of the cold weather is behind us as we experienced two very chilling nights this week ...

Q. I have had a pear tree in my backyard for many years, and I have an older walnut tree. The pears were so sweet, even when they were tiny, but for a few years, the pear fruit have cross-pollinated ...

An orchardist explains the common reasons fruit trees lose their fruit. It’s normal for fruit trees to drop some fruit early in the summer to stay healthy and balanced. Pollination problems, pests, ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I was wondering if you could provide me with a list of which fruit ...

Pears are one of the most popular fruit trees to grow around the world and growing a pear tree in your garden allows you to ...

Pear trees are a nice fruit to grow in the Midwest. The pears are tasty and good quality. They can be grown relatively easily. Regional Extension educator Doug Foulk and Emily Hoover, with the ...