On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 3:28:20 PM UTC-4, Mattylyd wrote:
'David Hare-Scott[_2_ Wrote:

;1007461']Mattylyd wrote:-

Recently we bought a property with apples and pears, damsons and plums

there, also there is this fruit which i think are pears, but what is

wrong with them?





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I think they are pears. The leaves and habit look like pears and the

fruit

somewhat like pears, particularly the way they seem joined straight on

to

the twig.



I think you may have several diseases. This is not my strong point so

it

could be only one. One has dried out and discoloured the larger two

(out of

focus) fruits in the foreground. Another has produced the specimen on

the

left with the black spot. There are several fungal and bacterial

diseases

that have those effects. One puzzle is that the leaves seem mainly

healthy,

many diseases such as scab mark the leaves as well as the fruit.



Such diseases have many names. I suggest searching the web for images

of

pear diseases, you will get many libraries from agricultural and

gardening

sites. Once you have narrowed it down then you can consider treatment,



spraying wildly before you know the target is not a good idea.



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David



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Thanks David I will start researching. I am just worried about anything

spreading to my other fruits. The leaves in the background aren't a

great image of what they look like, they seem to have small black areas

of leaf on them, like they have been singed with fire.]


That being the case, you might research fireblight. It's devastating to pears.
Steve






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