Can we ID this tree for me?

pootsie

Hello fellow bonsai enthusiasts!

I have 3 trees growing in my new backyard in Ohio, and I'd like to ID them. Of course, I'm too eager to wait for them to leaf out.

Pease help me and my kitty.
Tanx!

pootsie

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Vance Wood

It looks like it might be an apple of some sort. It could be that your sub division was built in an old orchard. Though on second thought it looks even more like Pear. Apples, except crab apples, do not usually hold on to fruit through the winter, pears do sometimes.

pootsie

Thanks Vance! I thought it was a pear from the outline of the tree (my sister has one in her yard) ... but do some pear trees have fruit that small?

pootsie

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Carcey

Looks like a Bradford pear to me, pootsie. They're a common landscape tree down here and are very beautiful when in bloom...also nice fall color. To top it off, the do have small fruit about the size of a blueberry (but not blue). Hope this helps!

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pootsie

Well there we go, then!
Thank you both for the input about my lovely bradford pear trees.

Hi ho, hi ho, to layer I will go ...
Assuming of course it is bonsai-worthy material. Anyone ever try bradford pear for bonsai?

pootsie

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cato42

...but I doubt it'd be much good for bonsai material, Pootsie.

I've got one in my yard, which I shall take out sometime in the next year or two, probably, since it's not in a good location and doesn't "fit" with what we're doing with our yard anyway.

BPs are notable around here (near Kansas City) for being easy to grow, early to bud/leaf, being generally quite columnar and/or smoothly oval in habit, and prone to damage from ice, wind, etc. Although they're quite hardy, they're always getting torn up by bad weather, it seems.

Anyway, good luck with the new place, the new trees, and all else.

Best,

Cato

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