JS wrote:
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




I concur with others that it looks like fire blight. There are many
web sites that go into more details of how to control it. You could
check out the following:

http://www.caf.wvu.edu/kearneysville.../omblight.html

I know people who were able to save their pear trees with pruning.

I'm curious if this tree is on standard rootstock, or a dwarfing
rootstock, and if so, which variety of rootstock. Some rootstocks
are more susceptible to fire blight, than others.


Sherwin