Garry Langford says testers will be licensed to grow trees for five years to produce enough pears for sampling. Two new pear varieties from Australia are being propagated for testing in the United States. One is an early-season blushed yellow pear that is ready to eat off the tree; the other is a classic green winter pear that requires a couple of months of cold storage before being shipped to market. The two pears are the first to be released from the Australian National Pear Breeding Program at Tatura, Victoria, and are already being tested in commercial orchards in Australia. […]