There is no
absolute preventative treatment for fire blight, although
using a copper or Bordeaux fungicide before bud swell
does help tremendously. Minimizing hard dormant season
pruning (which encourages a lot of early spring, susceptible
vegetative growth) can help reduce infection incidence as
can lowering levels of nitrogen fertilizer applications. If
infections do occur, careful pruning (at least six inches
beyond the infected areas and into healthy tissue) remains
the most effective post-infection control method. Disinfest
all tools with a 10% bleach solution or 70% isopropyl
alcohol between pruning cuts to limit infectious spread.
A bright spot is that growers are reporting a general

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:30:13 -0500, "JS" wrote:

Hi All,


Could somebody take a look at the the problem I have with my Asian pear tree
I have on my backyard. The tree is about 3 yrs old. It sets small fruits at the moment
but seeing this kind of problem is really scare me. If it is indeed the fire bright issue,
how would I go about solving the problem? I live in Dallas, TX area.

Here are the three photos I took this morning:

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u.../peartree1.jpg
http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u.../peartree2.jpg
http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u.../peartree3.jpg


Thanks in advance,


JIMMY