Ohio and Pa. programs target the invasive Callery pear tree - Farm and Dairy

Ohio and Pa. programs target the invasive Callery pear tree - Farm and Dairy

SALEM, Ohio — An invasion is underway, but instead of soldiers in army green, the threat is a tree with bright, snow white flowers: the Callery pear. While most native trees have yet to bloom, the Callery pear stands out like a sore thumb from the pink-flowering redbuds and the hickories void of leaves. Although some may call it pretty, in reality, this tree is a pest in disguise, and its pungent, rotten-egg-like scent only proves its deception.…