When the suburbs boomed after World War II, the Callery pear tree was chosen to line many miles of tree-lined streets. Now it's being banned in some states.

North Carolina residents can remove an invasive Bradford pear tree from their property and exchange it for a free native tree at Bradford Pear Bounty NC events this year in Wilmington on Nov. 4.

Reviled. Despised. Singled out for eradication. Woe to the Callery pear, possibly the most unloved fruit-bearing tree this side of the Garden of Eden. Sales of this Asian native and its best-known ...

Callery Pear Trees were imported to the U.S. in the early 1900s and are a bane to native ecosystems. News Sports Indy 500 Things To Do Opinion Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals. ENVIRONMENT.

Bradford pear trees are invasive. While they may be pretty to look at around your neighborhood, Bradford pear trees are an invasive species, and their beauty is one of the problems.

When the suburbs boomed after World War II, the Callery pear tree was chosen to line many miles of tree-lined streets. Now it's being banned in some states.