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Help identifying tree with berries(?), hopefully edible :)

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Can someone please tell me what this tree is? I've tried looking on Google images with no luck. We've just moved in this house and it's hanging right over the deck. They aren't soft "berries", trust me. Hurts like the dickens when you step on one!

Many thanks!
Deb Parker

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kentrees12

7 years ago

One of the callery pears, probably Bradford, grown as an ornamental. Fruits are hard and dry, won't hurt to eat, it's a pear after all. Birds love them when softened by freezing.

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Renee Texas
7 years ago
Looks like a bradford pear to me. I wouldn't eat them. Do you have a pic of the whole tree?
deb_12 thanked Renee Texas
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deb_12
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
El I be, it is a bradford pear! There's actually two of them side by side and both are huge. Thanks bunches Renee Texas & kentrees12. Here's the full pic...
brandon7 TN_zone7
7 years ago
If you have a fireplace, you could cut them up for firewood. It perplexes me as to why these are still being offered in the nursery trade. It's like if the grocery store was selling food made from industrial toxic waste.
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Caldwell Home & Garden
7 years ago
They don't burn easy but you should definitely cut it down! terribly invasive.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
7 years ago
Caldwell, it's a good idea to restrain yourself from offering advice unless you know a little about the subject matter.

Callery pear wood is a great fireplace fuel once dried. It burns hot, without smoking or sparking.
Mike McGarvey
7 years ago
I have heated exclusively with wood for over 35 years and am always happy to burn pear wood. It just takes awhile to cure because it's so dense.
sam_md
7 years ago
I can also confirm pear makes excellent firewood. It is hard and dense, when cured it makes great fuel. I have also used apple & cherry, sometimes apple is used to smoke meats.
kentrees12
7 years ago
I'll third the above.

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