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Is this pear tree safe to eat

redeenamredeenam Posts: 4
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Please tell me if this is a Bradford pear tree that is unsafe for human consumption 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,996
    Are you in the US?  I’m aware of Bradford pears having been grown in the US and that they are considered problematic. 

    I’m not aware of them having been introduced to the UK. 

    In any case, the fruits in your photographs do not look at all like the images and descriptions  of Bradford Pears that I can find online, which all describe the fruit as small, hard and brown as per the photos here
    http://webpage.pace.edu/naturespace/Bradford%20Pear.htm

    I think you have a perfectly good culinary pear tree and I would not hesitate to eat those pears when they’re ripe … I’m not sure of the variety … possibly a Comice … but  perhaps @pansyface can make a suggestion …

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,361
    Aren't Bradford pears tiny? I think their inedibility is about them being hard, small and extremely tart rather than poisonous. I have a wild pear like that, nasty, even the birds ignore it


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,142
    It looks like a Comice to me too-
    Here's a pic of my Comice today-


    Billericay - Essex

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