If you're looking for an easy-going, low-maintenance fruit tree for your yard, a pear tree (Pyrus sp.) is a great possibility. Botanically speaking, all pear trees are part of the Pyrus genus within ...

LIVE WITH WHAT’S BEHIND THAT CHANGE. ED. YEAH, JERRY, THIS APPEARS TO BE THE FINAL SHOW FOR THE BRADFORD PEAR TREES HERE IN DOWNTOWN YORK. THERE ARE BLOSSOMS OUT HERE, BUT THE CITY SAYS THE TREES ARE ...

Q: I know from reading your articles, you are not a big fan of the Bradford pear tree. This time of year, I am amazed at how many there are around. I've enclosed pictures of two trees, which are very ...

You may love them for their showering white canopy or hate their pungent smell, but this spring is the final show for York’s iconic white flowering Bradford Pear trees. Here since the 1970s, all will ...