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I usually don't smell it, but when my daughter visits she always points the smell out, so I guess my nose is immune.

Do not cut the top off the tree, known as heading or topping. This damages, weakens, and may eventually kill the tree. Cut off dead branches anytime, but avoid over-pruning or drastic cutting back. Sep 02, Aristocrat flowering pear trees are labeled as medium to fast growing trees. While little care for Aristocrat flowering pears is needed, regular pruning will improve the overall strength and structure of Aristocrat Callery pear trees.

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Pruning should be done in winter while the tree is dormant. Printer Friendly bushremover.barted Reading Time: 3 mins. Aristocrat pear trees suffer from a few issues based on the way they grow. First, the tree's bark is very thin, so it can be easily damaged. The thick growth of flowers can cause the branches to droop and potentially break. If located near a road or pathway, the tree requires large amounts of cutting back so as not to cause an obstruction.

Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears) have one of the worst branching habits of any tree ever released in the trade. This tree has a number of closely spaced, narrow Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.

Trim out dead, diseased, broken or wilting branches from ornamental pear whenever you see them. When cutting close to the trunk, leave a quarter-inch stub to avoid damaging the trunk bark. Do not cut branches flush with the trunk of ornamental pear trees. If you are trying to control the height, you can cut back the central leader to just above the top scaffold.

When you do have to remove lateral branches, cut them back to the trunk. (Using the scaffold example mentioned above, man cutting tree with axe that there's an extra lateral branch pointing northeast at.