The variety, named ‘Chanticleer’, is a beautiful tree that is grown ornamentally and reaches a height ranging from 30 to 50 feet. In the spring, clusters of 1-inch, white flowers cover the tree. Pea-sized, inedible fruits follow the flowers. The leaves of this tree turn shiny dark red to scarlet in the fall. This variety withstands pollution and can be grown along roads.

The ‘Chanticleer’ Pear is an upright-pyramidal tree that is much narrower than other ornamental pears. This tree makes a valuable addition to the landscape and is a good choice where lateral space to spread is limited.

It has attractive flowers, foliage, and fall color. Bark is at first smooth with numerous lenticels, light brown to reddish-brown, then later turning grayish brown with shallow furrows. ‘Chanticleer’ is less susceptible to early freezes than other Pears. The ‘Chanticleer’ Pear is very adaptable to many different soils and it tolerates drought, heat, cold, and pollution.

Plant in full sun.

The ‘Chanticleer’ Callery Pear is a cultivar, partly selected because of its unique combination of good traits including great form and resistance to blight and limb breakage.