Is this pear tree safe to eat

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  August 2022

  Are you in the US?  I’m aware of Bradford pears having been grown in the US and that they are considered problematic. 

  
  

  I’m not aware of them having been introduced to the UK. 
  
  In any case, the fruits in your photographs do not look at all like the images and descriptions  of Bradford Pears that I can find online, which all describe the fruit as small, hard and brown as per the photos here

  http://webpage.pace.edu/naturespace/Bradford%20Pear.htm
  
  I think you have a perfectly good culinary pear tree and I would not hesitate to eat those pears when they’re ripe … I’m not sure of the variety … possibly a Comice … but  perhaps @pansyface can make a suggestion …

  
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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  August 2022

  Aren't Bradford pears tiny? I think their inedibility is about them being hard, small and extremely tart rather than poisonous. I have a wild pear like that, nasty, even the birds ignore it

  
  
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• Pete.8 Posts: 11,340

  August 2022

  It looks like a Comice to me too-
  Here's a pic of my Comice today-
  
  

  
  Billericay - Essex
  
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  Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

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