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The city of York is set to replace hazardous Bradford pear trees along Market Street with ginkgo and serviceberry trees.
Bradford pear trees are considered malodorous, according to the Spruce, a home and garden site. The foul odor that drifts from the trees’ white or pink flowers is to attract pollinators.
Over the years, Callery pear, or Bradford pear, has become one of the most widely planted ornamental trees in the US. And, frankly, it stinks.
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Bradford pear trees are a variety of the Callery pear, which was introduced to the U.S. from Asia in the early 1900s in an attempt to fight fire blight, a disease that affected common pear trees.
Where did Callery Pear trees come from? Callery pears are native to Asia, and a private arboretum in Maryland began importing them into the U.S. in the early 1900s.
In much of the Eastern U.S., those Callery pear trees, also known as Bradford pears, with their white blossoms all popping out - it really makes it look like spring.
Local News The issue with Bradford pear trees, and why they're more than a smelly problem The Tennessee Invasive Plant Council has named the Callery pear family as an established threat.
Blossoms on a Bradford pear tree in Cary, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. There’s no better way to say it — Bradford Pear trees stink. But their smelliness isn’t the only reason to hate them.