I had that last year, with a cold snap. These trees are so heavily laden with fruit in summer needing either heavy pruning, or removing the fruit buds after pollination. So the cold snap last year did most of the work for me.I was concerned this Indian summer we have been having would wake up the pollinators up then kill them with a cold snap. Hopefully that does not happen. I have seen quite a few honeybees hard at work on my peach and plum trees.
It bends all the limbs out of proportion, some snap off.Do the pears snap the limbs off trees? I heard that happens.
I planted these three years ago, they are fruit trees not Bradford. The nursery could not give me the species, but said they bear fruit, so I have not been able to figure out what they are. They fruit like crazy, but it is a pear with a pretty rough texture and they are ready for harvest around September. They are not that great to eat, but I guess they will do well for canning.It is my understanding that bradford pear trees are pollinated by flies, not bees, which is one of the reasons for their disagreeable odor.