Thanks for the replies everybody...I will start by elaborating on why i decided on the Cleveland select pears. First of all, when i did my research just a yr ago I found no bad press on these, and the reason I went ahead is because they are supposedly as immune to juglone as it gets. Secondly, there is very little space between the fence and the driveway, and those trees being columner in nature sounded like a hit. If anyone has ever had a full grown walnut, they'd understand the inherent problem along a driveway during fruiting season which is long as hell! You CAN'T park under the tree,EVER, unless you want pockmarks all over your car. As well , I put box after box after box, no exaggeration, of these things out at the end of the drive as well as trashcans full of nuts and there were never any takers even 'tho I posted signs for free nuts. So then I called the Cleveland zoo and offered them and never got a call back not to mention my neighbor on the other side of that fence where the blessed walnut was who was going "nuts" from the same problem. On one day I pulled my lexus convertible out to pack up for a trip to dads in Pa and in the TEN MINUTES THE CAR SAT UNDER THE TREE A SQUIRREL, DINING FROM ABOVE, DRIPPED WALNUT JUICE ALL OVER MY WHITE LEATHER SEATS. All in all, being a gardener with a long history of planting (I have more books on the subject than the local library) you need to know how much I agonised over the removal of the tree even with all the above going on! And now this vantage point from the balcony outside my second floor bedroom looks like a housing development. So there you have it with my choice of trees. Small flowering lovelies have their place but I want the cover I lost for privacy....and those of you who rhapsodize about having your very own walnuts need the acreage to go with it. Where the heck were you when I couldn't give them away? As far as the thread goes...save it for the uninitiated...sorry!
