Fire blight is a highly destructive disease of apple and pear that can occur in both commercial and home plantings. Many landscape trees and shrubs in the rose family are ...

If you find sticky, amber-colored droplets on your pear tree, your tree could be infected with fire pear blight, a bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora. Unfortunately, this pathogen can ...

Our often-wet springs bring with them the perfect conditions for many plant diseases. While moist weather can create conditions for diseases on many plants, sick trees in the landscape tend to draw ...

Oswego may have to dig up about 1,600 Callery pear trees in the village because they are aging and susceptible to disease, officials said. The trees are also considered invasive, meaning they have a ...

Do you see patches of dark, almost black foliage on your ornamental pear trees? Are the branch tips turning black and wilting into a “shepherd’s crook shape? Are the fruit turning black, shriveling ...