In the past, the old pear tree could produce 200 or so small, yucky-tasting fruits, all of which had to be picked up and deposited in the compost bins. Advertisement.

The first colonial governor of Massachusetts planted a pear tree in the 1600s. It’s now believed to be the oldest cultivated fruit tree in the Americas. Herb Lore: The nearly 400-year-old fruit ...

The new law is only one way Missourians are trying to address the spread of invasive plant species. Conservation groups have ...

If you went in the woods and down the trail there was an old pear tree. As a kid, I remember it as a big tree, but everything seems bigger when you’re a kid so maybe it was medium size.

The Old Pear-Tree Gone. Share full article. Feb. 27, 1867. ... It is almost absurd, in this City of the Present, to talk of land-marks and of old times; but, if we are young we are also fast, ...

She was reading old descriptions of old pear cultivars from old pear catalogues dating back to the 19th century, and when she compared the fruit from LaCombe’s tree with the Beurre d’Amanlis ...

This is a magnificent, 150-year-old pear tree, but it's on the decline. The main trunk looks like it either died from some natural causes or was hit by lightning many years ago.

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 harvest juicy and sweet fruits that surpass any you will find in grocery ...

On Sunday, a group of tree lovers gathered to raise a cider toast to the towering pear tree at East Cherry Street and 27th Avenue in Seattle's Central District.