I had an apple tree that came down with something that I was told was
fireblight. A limb would die and turn black. Not all of it sometimes,
but
the fruit located in the affected area would also turn black. The rest of
the tree was OK.

They told me that if I had pruned off the dead wood, the tree would not
have
had the problem. I cut off the dead branches and pruned the tree very
well
the next winter and the problem did not return.

Good luck. Dwayne

Thanks. I'll do that, plus give it an assortment of sprays Nick suggested. I
just noticed this morning that a 20 foot ornamental crab apple at the bottom
of the garden is showing similar symptoms - it may have been the source of
infection for the young pear tree. I guess I'm going to be busy pruning
today!
--
Drakanthus.


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