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Did You Ever Eat A Bradford Pear?
Yeah, Bradfords aren't supposed to be fruit-bearing.
Our Brad's just a skinny, skanky stick because it was within a copse of fast-growing hybrid poplars depriving it of light. In 2005, we removed the pops as they were beginning to succumb to wind storms. The Brad's still just a 15-foot stick, but for some reason, either in gratitude for taking down the poplars, or perhaps it had something to do with the drought March-August 2006, ol' Brad produced about a dozen large pears. Most fell to the ground hard and stayed hard. However, two of them ripened nicely. They looked identical to large Bartletts and were very juicy. Quite sweet too, but with a slight tang. |
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Did You Ever Eat A Bradford Pear?
["Followup-To:" header set to rec.gardens.]
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 01:12:48 GMT, Jack wrote: Yeah, Bradfords aren't supposed to be fruit-bearing. Actually, they are, but very small... sort of cherry sized fruits. See: http://tinyurl.com/h85ur or http://rnrstreamer.lsu.edu/ecosystem...species/bradfo rdpear/bradfordpear.htm Fruits can be used to make "perry", q.v. The Brad's still just a 15-foot stick, but for some reason, either in gratitude for taking down the poplars, or perhaps it had something to do with the drought March-August 2006, ol' Brad produced about a dozen large pears. Most fell to the ground hard and stayed hard. The good news is, you don't have a bradford pear. Overused street tree, weak-wooded, winter-scalds, mostly looks pretty bad in a few years. Since you had to take the poplars out because of wind damage, a bradford pear would have been not much better in a few years. Enjoy your pear crop! |
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