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Posted by thomis 7 (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 24, 14 at 8:22

My neighbors on 3 out of 4 sides have mature bradford pear trees. I've never seen this before but this year they are nearly black with what appears to be fireblight. And this is most definitely my worst year, since I started my orchard in 2007. I've pruned out so much fireblight and it has taken a serious toll on my attitude and my trees. I can't help but think there is some correlation btw the bradford pears and my pomme trees. Any thoughts in agreement or otherwise?

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Sorry to hear about your blight problems .. been there done that. Bradford is not highly blight prone but the more pears that are in your area the higher your risk is as the blight can more easily stay active with multiple hosts. Make sure to keep track of which of your pears are the most susceptible and remove the worst ones. For me it was removing quince and Euro cider apples that solved my blight problems.

Scott

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