In the work, each stage of life is represented by a different fruit. And so we stroll slowly past some of those stages. There’s a pear tree with thin branches holding tiny fruit barely emerged ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Most people these days have, at the very least, heard of Callery and Bradford pear trees and know something about the invasiveness of this ornamental street tree. But I still ...

A Bradford pear tree in bloom is a sure sign that springtime ... Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. "Birds consume the fruit after frost has softened it, subsequently spreading it, and ...

pears (European and Asian), and stone fruits (peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly affected by fire blight, apple scab, fruit rots, rusts, and powdery ...

The Callery pear (Pyrus ... brittle tree that breaks easily — even in moderate wind or snow loads. And while this plant was once thought to be sterile, it now produces fruit, the seeds of ...