Re: stinky pear?

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] stinky pear?
• From: Theresa t*@comcast.net
• Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:16:53 -0700
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Well- and honestly, I don't know for sure exactly what variety of 
flowering pear is next to the house.  It was here when I moved in.  Glad 
I apparently got the non-stinky kind!

Theresa

Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

>Thanks Chris.  I didn't realize Bradford Pears were like Kleenex.  This may
>be the reason for her confusion.
>Kitty
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 2:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] stinky pear?
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>>>I have too very large Bradford Pears next to my house and they don't
>>>stink at all!  Hmm- we also had a couple of pear trees in the yard
>>>growing up and they also didn't stink.  Maybe it's one of those things
>>>that some people smell and others don't?
>>>      
>>>
>>I suppose this could be part of the naming convention too.  When I talk
>>about Bradford pears I really mean Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford', or the
>>Bradford callery pear.
>>
>>In my experience, this cultivar really does stink.  Others like
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>'Aristocrat'
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>>(Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat') don't smell too good to me, but it's
>>quite possible that some cultivars don't smell bad.
>>
>>So I blame the confusion on the nursery industry calling every Pyrus
>>calleryana cultivar a Bradford pear.  :)
>>
>>Chris
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