One thing I did notice was fruit. After 10 barren years, my fruitless pear tree suddenly became a mother. As it turns out, sterile trees can still produce fruit if there's a cross-pollinator nearby.

∎ Viable fruit is produced in three years minimum, which is then spread by birds. ∎ When the top of the tree dies, many sprouts emerge from the base. The purchase and sale of Bradford pear ...

Reviled. Despised. Singled out for eradication. Woe to the Callery pear, possibly the most unloved fruit-bearing tree this side of the Garden of Eden. Sales of this Asian native and its best-known ...

If you know of a tree that has white blossoms in the spring, there’s a 90% chance you’re looking at a Bradford/Callery Pear Tree. The tree has become invasive in Kansas, spreading across the state by ...

ODNR says Callery pear trees have numerous cultivated varieties that can cross-pollinate with each other and produce viable fruit. The most commonly used cultivar is Bradford. Other common ...

The fruit of the tree is not edible to humans ... and alter local plant and wildlife communities. The Bradford pear trees have two major drawbacks. First, they are structurally weak, with brittle ...