Archive for November, 2008
Bradford Pears on Raritan Avenue
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008The Bradford pear trees on Raritan Avenue in the center of Highland Park, New Jersey showed some lovely foliage this fall. Trees like these were planted in many towns and cities in the 1960s. Unfortunately, this species tree is 1) not long lived 2) has brittle wood which tends to break in high winds [...]