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In 2023, it will be illegal to sell or plant all varieties of Callery pear trees in the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Pyrus calleryana, also known as the Callery pear or Bradford pear, is a species of pear tree native to China and Vietnam, [2] in the family Rosaceae. It is most commonly known for its cultivar 'Bradford' and its offensive odor, widely planted throughout the United States and increasingly regarded as an invasive species .
Bosc Pear, from The Pears of New York (1921) by Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick [1] The Beurré Bosc or Bosc is a cultivar of the European pear (Pyrus communis), originally from France or Belgium. Also known as the Kaiser, it is grown in Europe, Australia, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada, and the U.S. states of California, Washington, and Oregon.
Planted in many eastern and southeastern states in the 1960s and 1970s, the Bradford pear tree lost its luster as a landscape gem in the 2000s when it was deemed an invasive plant in 29 states and ...
Xylomelum pyriforme, commonly known as the woody pear, is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae native to eastern Australia. It grows as a large shrub or small tree to five metres high. It grows as a large shrub or small tree to five metres high.
Over 3000 cultivars of the pear are known. [1] The following is a list of the more common and important cultivars, with the year and place of origin (where documented) and an indication of whether the pears are for cooking, eating, canning, drying or making perry.
The Williams' bon chrétien pear, commonly called the Williams pear, or the Bartlett pear in the United States and Canada, is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of the species Pyrus communis, commonly known as the European pear. The fruit has a bell shape, considered the traditional pear shape in the west, and its green skin turns yellow upon ...
Pyrus salicifolia is a species of pear, native to the Middle East. It is widely grown as an ornamental tree , almost always as a pendulous (or "weeping") cultivar , and is called by various common names, including willow-leaved pear , [ 2 ] weeping pear , and similar.