Bradford Pear producing more berries & less leaves

[Daddy M Dawg]

Any ideas why a Bradford Pear would produce more berries and less leaves in the Spring? It is located in N. Texas so I know the drought could be a cause of the problem. They aren't very old though. Maybe 6-8 yrs old.

 

[tomtrees58]

may be look at the roots see if the wire basked is still on tom trees

 

[Daddy M Dawg]

That wouldn't surprise me. Seems all too common here in Tx. Thanks Tom

 

[Urban Forester]

In years where fruit bearing trees have adequate moisture, energy is "shifted" by the tree to fruit production over EARLY leaf production. This could be completely normal. Leaves may "catch-up" after fruit matures.