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11/12/99

Pyrus calleryana--Callery Pear


Hardiness Zones: 5 to 8
Height: 40 ft Spread: 30 ft Form: oval
Type: deciduous tree
Annual Growth Rate: 12 to 18 inches
Flowers: White

Comments: Callery Pear cultivars are excellent flowering
trees. The flowers are white and appear in early spring.
The fall color starts as a deep purple then becomes red.
Some of the cultivars are susceptible to fire blight.

Cultivars:
'Aristocrat' - Wider branch angles make this the widest
cultivar (Vis. 1) and less susceptible to storm damage.
Unfortunately, it is susceptible to fire blight.
'Autumn Blaze' - One of the hardiest cultivars and the
earliest to develop fall color. Susceptible to
fire blight (Vis. 2).
'Bradford' - An oval tree (Vis. 3) with a branching
structure that is susceptible to storm damage.
'Bursnozam' (Burgundy Snow TM) - White flowers with
burgundy centers (Vis. 8), a heavy bloomer.
'Capital' - A columnar tree only 12 feet wide (Vis. 4).
'Cleprizam' (Cleveland Pride TM) - A pyramidal tree
with salmon-pink juvenile foliage.
'Cleveland Select', 'Glen's Form' (Chanticleer TM) - A
narrowly pyramidal tree about 15 feet wide (Vis. 5).
'Edgedell' (Edgewood TM) - Silvery green foliage is the
(Vis. 6) trait that distinguishes this cultivar from
other Callery Pears.
'Fronzam' (Frontier TM) - A hardy cultivar with an
upright shape.
'Gladzam' (Gladiator TM) - A vigorous cultivar with a
pyramidal habit.
'Jaczam' (Jack TM) - A dwarf that will be 20 feet tall
and 10 feet wide.
'Jilzam' (Jill TM) - A rounded dwarf that can reach a
height and spread of 20 feet.
'Mepozam' (Metropolitan TM) - A broadly pyramidal tree
with a height of about 45 feet and width of 35 feet.
'Redspire' - A dense. pyramidal tree with abundant
white flowers.
'Stonehill' - A pyramidal tree reaching a height of 35
feet and a spread of 20 feet.
'Trinity' (Plant Patent 4530) - An oval to rounded form,
slightly smaller than other cultivars.
'Valzam' (Valiant TM) - An upright to pyramidal form
(Vis. 7) with a height of about 30 feet and spread of
20 feet.
'Whitehouse' - A U. S. National Arboretum selection
with a narrow pyramidal crown and early fall color
development.

References for Cultivars: J. Frank Schmidt and Son 1999,
Monrovia Nursery Company 1995, Lake County Nursery 1999,
Princeton Nurseries 1999, Bailey Nurseries 1999, Monrovia
Nursery Company 1997, Ray Wiegand's Nursery 1999, Wayside
Gardens 1999, Moller's Nursery 1997, Studebaker Nurseries
1999, Weston Nurseries 1999, Sheridan Nurseries 1999,
Berryhill Nurseries 1999, Scarff's Nursery 1999, Gee Farms
1999, Willoway Nurseries 1999, Carlton Plants 1999.


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