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Originally Posted by mdvaden  The author Dirr wrote that flowering pear like Bradford, are "genetically prone to self destruction" - he's probably right. |
We've had a string of bad storms here and about 75% of the tree damage seems to be Bradford Pears splitting. They are everywhere. Very self destructive b/c they grow so fast with so many leaders. People just don't realize they need work done in order to keep them long term. I've convinced several people I know to have me work on theirs. None of which have failed in the recent storms.