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Scrubsandbones t1_jdfygaq wrote

Bradford pears are a blight. They over produce pollen because they don’t produce fruit (on purpose, to “reduce litter”) so they suck for allergies, they smell like the jizz of someone who’s never eaten a vegetable, and they’re weak and quickly become hazardous.

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yeaughourdt t1_jdg52sy wrote

That fruitlessness was supposed to make them sterile but, as Jeff Goldblum would say, life will find a way. Now you'll find Bradford Pears in a lot of our forests competing with native trees and spreading year after year.

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Scrubsandbones t1_jdh0r1o wrote

While providing no benefit to the local population (ie FOOD)!

I hate Bradford pears. My college campus was covered in them and it smelled horrific for a solid 2 weeks every year.

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