As with any soft wood tree you have to maintain them. If you let them get over grown they will spit. Bradford grow quickly and make great shade tree while slow growing hardwood tree get big enough for shade. If pruned property are beautiful trees.
I had several on my previous home and never lost one in tornado alley Ok. Storms, straight line winds 80 plus mph. The problem villages let landscape get over grown, especially around roundabouts and street corners blocking traffic vision. I have to pull almost out into the street just to see cars coming around the over grown bushes blocking vision which shouldn't been planted that close to entry and exits to begain with.
I also had pear producing tree, peaches, apples, cherry trees, and apricot never lost them either. Which Rainer cherries would be ripe right about now in Ok. YUMMY!
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