Re: [gardeners] Bradford pear trees
Harry Boswell (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 07:50:50 -0500
We'vw lost so many Bradfords in my area that I've considered going ahead
and cutting mine down. At least 15 have split in my neighborhood alone,
all the way down to the ground. There are better pear varieties, I now
know.
Just for the record, I haven't seen any pruning or topping done, just
cutting
down what was left. YMMV.
Harry
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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: [gardeners] Bradford pear trees
> We had a storm this evening that hit hard and as a result three of our
twelve
> Bradford pear trees that formed an arch between our house and barns were
> damaged in the tops... two pretty severely. Has anyone done any tree work?
I
> am thinking that I could top and shape the remaining to maybe make a
> difference. I did not know six years ago that Bradford were famous for not
> being strong trees and Chanticlear were much stronger than Bradford or
> Aristocrat. The only other option is to take two...leave one as a pattern
for
> the remaining. I am trying to decide if a blue spruce would look good as a
> replacement spaced in-between. Actually it makes me sick. The look was so
> good the way it was.
>