Pears are one of the most popular fruit trees to grow around the world and growing a pear tree in your garden allows you to harvest juicy and sweet fruits that surpass any you will find in grocery ...

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.

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 ...