Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects a number of fruit trees. Learn how to identify the disease quickly and give your trees the treatment they need.

With tree varieties that are less susceptible the disease will progress fairly slowly, so it is advisable to wait until the disease slows down in the heat of the summer or even winter to cut out ...

About This Episode Grumpy helps a reader deal with their diseased pear tree. Plus, the plant of the week. Question Of The Week "Do you know what causes some of my pear trees, leaves and branches ...

The blackened branches, leaves, and fruit indicate that your Asian pear has been hit by fireblight. This is a bacterial disease that affects quince, Asian and European pears, and apples.

Watch for black-blighted leaves, blossoms and branches on pear trees. Fire blight, a bacterial disease, occurs to some degree almost every year. Affected leaves and blossoms give the appearance of ...

The tree was introduced to the U.S. to assist in developing fire blight resistance in European pear trees.