lucky you! I've been on the phone for over an hour trying to track this stuff down here in LI/Queens! I'm starting to think Container gardening is not for me... I found wholesaler but they won't tell me who they currently sell to... GAH! Gardening shouldn't be this hard, right? My other choice now is to buy Repti-bark which would be very $$. How much did you get your bag for and how large is this bag?

I wouldn't plant one of the Callery pears, if for no other reason than there are already a zillion of them planted EVERYWHERE around here. It's very obvious because they are in full bloom right now, along with the Forsythia (2 zillion) and those poofy purple azaleas. Thank god there are some nice Magnolias, Redbud, and some early fruit trees blooming otherwise it would get very repetitive.

To answer your question about fruit, while it is supposed to be sterile, it frequently cross pollinates with other ornamental pears (like 'Bradford') and creates small, inedible but viable fruit. I do not recommend it for all the reasons already mentioned. For a white flowering spring tree, consider Hawthorn or Serviceberry.

Whirlpool Corporation From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation logo.svg Every Home⦠Everywhere⦠with Pride, Passion and Performance Type Public Traded as NYSE: WHR S&P 500 Component Industry Household appliances Founded St. Joseph, Michigan (1911) Founder(s) Louis Upton Emory Upton Headquarters Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States Area served Worldwide Key people Jeff M. Fettig (Chairman and CEO) Products Major and Small appliances Revenue Increase US$ 18.143 billion (2012)[1] Operating income Increase US$ 869 million (2012)[1] Profit Increase US$ 401 million (2012)[1] Total assets Increase US$ 15.396 billion (2012)[1] Total equity Increase US$ 4.260 billion (2012)[1] Employees 68,000 (2012)[1] Website www.whirlpoolcorp.com Showroom in Hong Kong Whirlpool Corporation is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of home appliances headquartered in Benton Charter Township, Michigan, United States, near Benton Harbor, Michigan.[2][3] The company is listed in Fortune 500 and has annual revenue of approximately $18.4 billion, more than 70,000 employees, and more than 70 manufacturing and technology research centers around the world. The company markets Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, Jenn-Air, Amana, Gladiator GarageWorks, Inglis, Estate, Brastemp, Bauknecht and Consul. After acquiring the Maytag Corporation on March 31, 2006, the Whirlpool Corporation surpassed Electrolux to become "the largest home appliance maker in the world."[citation needed] In the U.S., Whirlpool has 8 manufacturing facilities: Amana, Iowa; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Cleveland, Tennessee; Ohio: Clyde, Findlay, Greenville, Marion (and Ottawa).