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Kansas edges closer to ban on planting Callery pear trees; critic warns: ‘Stay out of my yard’
Under a permanent quarantine the Kansas Department of Agriculture has endorsed, the Callery pear tree couldn’t be sold or planted anywhere in Kansas after Jan. 1, 2027.