Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana)

Family: Rosaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Late spring, Mid spring. Form: Pyramidal, Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweeten the flesh. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Best used after it has been exposed to frost, since this will soften and sweeten the flesh.; The fruit is about 25mm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Thickets and streamsides to 1500 metres. Slopes, plains, mixed valley forests and thickets at elevations of 100 - 1800 metres. (Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)