Pyrus calleryana 'Aristocrat': 'Aristocrat' Callery Pear: ENH-694/ST536, 2/2014

Abstract

`Aristocrat' Callery Pear quickly grows 35 to 45 feet high and 30 to 35 feet wide, with widely-spaced, upright-spreading, thornless branches. The more dominant trunk and open form of `Aristocrat' Callery Pear helps to make it less susceptible to wind and ice damage than `Bradford'. Branch angles are wider and lateral branches grow at a slower rate than on `Bradford', therefore the branches are better attached to the trunk. In spring before the new leaves unfold, the tree puts on a brilliant display of pure white flowers which, unfortunately, do not have a pleasant fragrance. Original publication date November 1993.