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  • From: "Raby, Brian" <brian.raby@roche.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Non-fruiting callery pears? NOT!
  • Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:39:00 -0400

South of where I live, there is an off-ramp intersection near Keystone and
86th street (for those that know the area) that is a triangular piece of
land. Probably about an acre in size. The entire area is packed with these
wild pears.

Very pretty in the spring when the flower and in the fall when the leaves
turn. When the fruit begins to ripen, the area becomes OVERWHELMED with
Starlings, Blackbirds, etc.. that come in to feed. When they take off and
move, the sun is literally blotted out. It is just amazing to watch them as
they form these "organic" waves of bodies as they twist and turn in flight.

Brian
Central IN

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Matt Demmon
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 7:48 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Non-fruiting callery pears? NOT!

Me too! There's a street in ann arbor where all the street trees are
ornamental pears. It smells like rotting road kill right now. I've
noticed that my edible pears don't smell so great up close either, but
not nearly as bad as those.

-matt
z5 se MI

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 7:26 PM, Richard Wagner <rewagner@centurytel.net>
wrote:
> "Yes, they're pretty, but the flowers stink."
> FINALLY SOME ONE WHO AGREES WITH ME.
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