While the Callery pear tree (also known as the Bradford pear tree) may look and smell nice, local experts are encouraging ...

Gardeners with apple or pear trees are being urged to check them this January for a potentially deadly disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, advises in his book that ...

Left: Fire Blight on Pear, Right: Peach Leaf Curl, Images by N. Gregory Left: Bacterial Leaf Spot on Peach, Right: Brown Rot Pluot, Images by N. Gregory Disease Control and Management The use of ...

Introduced in the mid-1960s, the popular cultivar of Callery pear was once a favorite among landscapers. They were also pest-resistant and disease-free. Today, these trees are known to be an ...

or the Bradford pear, is an ornamental species native to Southeast Asia that was introduced to America in the 1900s. Because of fire blight, a disease affecting pear and apple trees, the Callery ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Kansas Forest Service is asking people to remove their Callery pear trees this year as the state is getting ready to put a quarantine on the plant in January of 2027.