Hello stanofh, Sorry for late reply...never got notice from email about follow up question. In past three years, coldest I can recall is maybe upper 30s/low 40s at nights during winter (but those are extreme cold spells that last for just few days...normally winter nights are upper 40's/low 50s). Strange thing is last year there was only one harvest of the hanging papayas in summer of around 12 fruits...it was surprise just to see fruit after nothing for 3 years. This year we were able to harvest around 20 fruits in spring and I thought that was it...butt now in fall there is another batch of 25+ fruits. Tree top is now probably reaching 12 foot tall, compared to last year when it was probably 7 or 8 foot tall. We don't use fertilizer or any plant food...the only difference in last year versus previous three years is actually less watering. Mother in law owns farm in thailand...she said to only water tree 2 or 3 times a week.

Looks like the bark appearance changes as the tree ages. Mine is 17 years old max. Lots of variation given for height but this is another case of someone planting a tall tree too close to the house. Guess Im lucky the driveway hasnt lifted yet. Ugh!!

Thank you both. Last year we had about a dozen pears on the whole tree. This year, probably several hundred--pretty small yet as typically they aren't ready til around late August/ into September. Plenty of sunshine, water. Haven't thinned out from year to year. Noticed this year our Willow tree has expanded pushing right next to the Pear tree. Probably need to get that one pruned. Always wait til ripe. With our very old Bartlett that died, the pears would just 'thunk' off the tree when fully ripe. If we didn't get to them before the wasps & critters did...... Those were the best pears I ever had in my life. Tree was probably over 40 years old.

It looks like a california fan palm, Washingtonia Robusta.