KENTUCKY (FOX 56) — It’s that time of year when the Bradford pear trees light up roadsides with their bright blooms. Although those early spring blooms may be beautiful, the trees are known ...

The snarl of a chainsaw never sounds sweeter than when slicing through the trunk of a nasty Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana). I have railed against the spring-blooming, white-flowering tree for years.

Bradford pear trees are notorious for limbs that split in wind, heavy snow and ice, but the newer varieties were bred to have much stronger wood. They are a beautiful tree when they bloom to their ...

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