Q: I have a 6-year-old pear tree with fire blight. I have two other pear trees and three apples. How can I keep the one tree ...

Apple or pear trees with fire blight should be trimmed 10-12 inches below the affected areas, when weather is dry, cleaning pruners between cuts. Control of scab and leaf spot should begin at bud ...

Fire blight is another disease that spreads by ... you will see small dead branches at the end of a limb ready to fall. The ...

Because of fire blight, a disease affecting pear and apple trees, the Callery pear was introduced in breeding programs to resist the disease. It then quickly became a favorite in landscaping ...

Dear Neil: I have a 6-year-old pear tree that has fire blight. I have two other pear trees and three apples. How can I keep the one tree alive, and what can I do to prevent spread of the disease?

Let me back up and explain. Ornamental pear trees (many of you call them Bradford pears) have one of the worst branching habits of any tree ever released in the trade. This tree has a number of ...

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