IN SEASON: The genetic mutant's beauty makes it a popular choice; leave the skin on for salads By PETE PETERSEN Special to The Oregonian Pear trees, like apple trees, often launch "sport" branches -- ...

Anjou pears sold in a sealed, clear plastic, four-pear pack with a newly developed sensor that changes color to tell you when the pears are ripe. The sensor changes from red to orange to orange-yellow ...

Before I go on, I just want to remind everyone, yet again, that it's been a long time since we had good rains, and we should be watering our landscapes a little more heavily than we normally would at ...