On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:02:31 +0100, Charlie Pridham
wrote:

In article ,
says...
Try looking up Fireblight and see if that fits your symptoms

it's not that, I'm glad to say, though I'm fairly sure it is also a
bacterial infection. Do you have any other ideas?

And, if I wanted to feed the trees to encourage the new growth, what
would be best to use, do you know?