A prolonged cold snap in January, and cooler periods that followed, have ravaged the pear crops in Oregon and Washington. The harvest data shows that Washington farmers are likely to have the worst ...

CASHMERE — The Washington State Tree Fruit Association estimates around 10.6 million 44-pound boxes of pears will be harvested in the Northwest region — a 31 percent decrease from the past five-year ...

After Northwest pear growers endured their worst harvest in nearly 40 years this fall, some good news and optimism for the future was needed — and provided — at the Washington State Tree Fruit ...

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 ...

Many homeowners enjoy growing their own fruit, but they have also learned that they require a lot of care to approach the quality of products obtained from a commercial orchard or grocery store.

Partridges live in Eastern Washington, the nation’s No. 1 pear producer. Even so, you will probably never see a partridge in a pear tree. How could that be? After all, the repetitive first line of the ...

WENATCHEE — After spending much of the previous day discussing the negative effects of too much supply on tree fruit prices, Tuesday’s meetings of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association mostly ...