Bradford pear trees stink... literally. But there are many other reasons you will want to remove this invasive, tire-puncturing tree from your property.

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 ...

Starting with just one tree won’t work. For a good harvest, pears require two different varieties for cross-pollination. Make those disease-resistant varieties such as Moonglow and Honeysweet ...

Bradford pear trees are a pretty sight, ... ODNR says Callery pear trees have numerous cultivated varieties that can cross-pollinate with each other and produce viable fruit.

Hand pollination is a great way to get your fruit trees to produce better, more abundant harvests. It partly substitutes for natural pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and birds—which is ...

If you want only one pear tree, select a self-pollinating variety such as Orient, Baldwin, Kieffer, and Spalding. Other pear varieties require cross-pollination.

When Callery pear trees in gardens and parks started depositing seeds in nearby areas, wild populations of the trees became established. Those wild trees could pollinate one another, as well as ...

The Bradford pear is the most well-known type of Callery pear tree, and it was specifically cultivated to be non-fruiting—a desirable quality for trees grown in lawn areas.

Bradford pear tree problems. Bradford pears are not native to the U.S., but were brought from China and Vietnam in the 1950s. At the time they were considered the perfect trees by landscapers.

A new agricultural law focuses on a common pear tree in the area. Skip to content. ... it turns out that these pears can cross-pollinate when pollinators like bees fly in between them.

A group that could not find the right land for a community orchard is offering free trees for people to grow in their front ...