Limited rootstocks, varieties from the 1700s, truncated markets and a decade-long production fladine.The global pear industry is vexed by challenges.In search of answers, pear producers from around the world gathered in Wenatchee, Washington, for the 10th annual Interpera conference, marking the first time the group has met in the United States.Pear growers in Washington and Oregon produce 84 percent of the U.S. fresh pear crop, thanks to hot summer days, cools nights and irrigation from the mountain snowpack of the neighboring Cascade Range. Washington alone produces half the U.S. fresh crop,most of it in the state's central Wenatchee Valley.
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