Callery Pear/Bradford Pear
Pyrus calleryana
CLASSIFICATION Deciduous broadleaf
HABIT/SIZE Upright-branched tree; pyramidal to columnar in youth but tends to spread with age; 30 to 50 feet tall
LEAVES Simple; alternate; leathery, glossy, and dark green
FLOWER White with five petals; three-quarter-inch wide; appears in early spring in dense corymbs; does not smell good
FRUIT/SEED/CONE Small, one-half-inch diameter; inedible; greenish-yellow
BARK Brown and shiny when young; gray-brown, furrowed in maturity; Callery pears have thorns, while Bradford pears do not