The Bradford pear was the best tree — glorious blooms in spring and fiery foliage in the fall, fast growing, not too tall. In the 1960s, the U.S. Department of Agriculture envisioned cities with the ...

Well, they're certainly pretty right now. In much of the Eastern U.S., those Callery pear trees, also known as Bradford pears, with their white blossoms all popping out - it really makes it look like ...