Most pear tree varieties require cross-pollination from a companion tree, while some are self-pollinating. Consider growing ...

or even dwarf varieties growing in a pot. A healthy and productive pear tree can provide crops of delicious fruit every late summer for decades. Pears are one of the best fruit trees to pick for ...

Tetsuya Hashimoto’s pear orchard, Hashimoto Nashien, has grown the Niitaka variety for decades. Popular as gifts because of their sweetness and large size, Niitaka pears are picked in September ...

but we didn't envisage that there would be so many varieties of cider apple and perry pear that have only been found in Wales." Their project was set up in 2016 to look at the heritage of orchards ...