Pear Decline Content / Pear Decline Content for 69 en IN MEMORIAM: Jim Beutel, Retired Pomologist /news/memoriam-jim-beutel-retired-pomologist <p>James A. “Jim” Beutel, a 69 pomologist who battled a devastating virus in a well-established fruit and helped in introducing two new fruits to California, died Dec. 28 at the age of 88 at a Vacaville hospital.</p> January 25, 2016 - 2:44pm Dave Jones /news/memoriam-jim-beutel-retired-pomologist