MEDFORD
The Southern Oregon pear harvest will be exceptionally strong
this year according to officials at the Fruit Growers League of Jackson
County. “It’s been a great growing
season,” says Dan Hull, a league spokesman. “The
volume will be above the average that we’ve seen for the
last four or five years and the finish on the pears is
exceptional.” The industry employs some 1,000 seasonal
workers. Demand is expected to be strong, in part because the
pear harvest to the south was damaged by rain and to the north
by hail.
