Stay tuned for Pear-fect Tips and Recipes all season long with Amy Smart. Videos are available for download here PORTLAND, Ore. (September 6, 2018) – The 2018 harvest of Northwest grown pears, hand-picked and hand-packed with care by Pacific Northwest growers, is now available in grocery stores. Starting in early August with the picking of Bartlett and Starkrimson pears, the harvest season will last through late September with remaining varieties including Anjou, Bosc and Comice. This year’s harvest is estimated to yield 20.2 million standard boxes (average 44 lbs per box) of pears from Washington’s Wenatchee and Yakima districts and Oregon’s…
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