Callery pear ?

[Drycreek]

Is this a Callery Pear ? If so, do deer eat it ?

 

[OkieKubota]

View attachment 17206 Is this a Callery Pear ? If so, do deer eat it ?

Kill it!!!

 

[Drycreek]

Kill it!!!

Elaborate please. It’s just one tree on my West fenceline. Happened to see it today as I was coming back to the house on my backhoe.

Nevermind, I looked it up. The word “inedible” was enough for me.......

 

[OkieKubota]

Birds will scatter those seeds and the next thing you know you have a lot more than 1. I dislike those trees immensely...

 

[Headdigger]

I grafted known pear varieties onto the ones growing in my pasture this Spring. My graft was 8-10" above the ground. I got 4'-6' of growth out of each one. I plan to bush hog around any new ones that come up. They will get the same treatment.

 

[Drycreek]

I’ve only ever seen a few of those bushes in my part of the world. I don’t think I’m in any danger of having them all over because we are heavily wooded or open pastures that’s mowed or hayed each year. They are certainly not gonna be as invasive as a worthless sweet gum.

 

[Native Hunter]

This is a Callery the second year after I cut it's head off and transplanted another good pear (Hunter's Choice). I got the idea from the movie "Young Frankenstein."

 

[j-bird]

I agree in addressing it.....either kill it or graft it to a better variety. Leaving it to feed the birds will simply allow it to spread an undesirable non-native plant, just my opinion. Either way - on my place....those fruit are being removed and destroyed.

 

[suburbhunter]

Native,
It's pronounced, "Fronk-en-steen".

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ed170c95-b47f-4aaf-a60d-64b75d376ec2

 

[Native Hunter]

Native,
It's pronounced, "Fronk-en-steen".

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/ed170c95-b47f-4aaf-a60d-64b75d376ec2

I have no excuse for missing that important point.....

 

[jlane35]

The original pictures aren’t showing up. Is this the invasive callery pear?

 

[jlane35]

And this pear tree is next to it, I guess just a wild one?

 

[Native Hunter]

And this pear tree is next to it, I guess just a wild one?

Both of those have a lot of Callery genes. Remember that they can hybridize with other pears and fruit size and leaf appearance can vary because of that. You have my permission to become the new Young "Fronk-en-steen" and start topworking.

 

[jlane35]

How hard is it to top work a tree?

I have enough trees from Blue Hill to get Scions.

 

[Native Hunter]

How hard is it to top work a tree?

I have enough trees from Blue Hill to get Scions.

Not hard at all. Go on YouTube and you can find lots of videos.