Make your PEARS pearls

beautiful blossoms in spring, blissful shade under their drip-tipped leaves in summer and a bounty of sweet juice from the golden teardrop-like fruit in autumn. That’s a pear tree for you! Or the fruit can be a gorgeous green, ruby red or mellow yellow. One of the easiest fruit trees to grow in your backyard, you can also train it up a wall or include it in your pocket orchard in a tiny space.

PLANTING

• Bare-rooted pear trees are much cheaper than buying in a pot. Plant in winter when the roots are dormant and as soon as you pick it up so the roots