Will this contaminate my Kieffer pear, which is 50 feet away? Can you identify this disease? What can be done? Dear Maureen: Your pear tree is infested with the pear leaf blister mite, which I ...

Q: I am trying to find the type of pear my Mom used in making pear preserves ... I feel confident your mother was canning 'Kieffer' pears. These pears have a certain grittiness to the flesh ...

But then (and now), perhaps the most important reason to love your Kieffer pear tree was for its ability to survive, and even thrive, in less-than-ideal growing conditions. Kieffers are resistant ...

we have a quite a number of pear tree cultivars that do well in North Florida. These include: Baldwin, Carnes, Flordahome, Hood, Kieffer, Orient, Pineapple and Tenn. All of these varieties have ...

He suggests that if someone wants a flowering pear tree, they turn to types that actually produce pears, like the Kieffer. The Arboretum grows several of them at their new edible display garden ...