USSURIAN PEAR - Pyrus ussuriensis

USSURIAN PEAR Pyrus ussuriensis

yellow Outstanding Features:
Excellent floral display in early spring. Nice round headed tree form.

Description:
Height: 25-35'
Width: 25-35'
Hardiness Zone: 3b

Ussurian Pear develops into a dense, round-headed small to medium sized tree. It has an excellent floral display in early spring. The 1" diameter white flowers cover the plant prior to foliage emergence. The 1 1/2" yellow-green fruit matures in early September. They are not edible. Solitary trees do not fruit since cross pollination is required for fruit development. Leaves are glossy green in summer, turning yellow to purple in autumn.

Requirements and Culture:
Tolerant of a broad range of soil conditions. Fairly tolerant of poorly drained soils. Requires full sun.

Limitations:
No serious pest problems known. The fruit can be a disadvantage in high traffic areas since they are quite large and usually abundant.

Selected Cultivars:

`McDermand'- is a hardy seed strain introduced by the USDA-SCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck North Dakota primarily for use in shelterbelt plantings.

Prairie Gem^TM- was released by the Department of Horticulture and Forestry, North Dakota State University. It has an excellent oval plant habit becoming more globose with age and exhibits excellent foliage quality maintained throughout the growing season.

Photo Credit: 1 & 2 MLA.

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