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[Doc Lisenby <longdistshtr@shtc.net>]

Rich, I planted a Seckel Pear in April, here in SoCar and got the same 
reaction as you.  I didn't spray or fertilize it.
I did prune it for planting so I thought it was Fire Blight.  Seckel is 
supposed to be resistant to Fire Blight but I lost one  three years ago to 
it.  Fire Blight doesn't look like this when it hits a mature fully leafed 
out tree but maybe it looks like this if it hits an immature tree early in 
the Spring.  I  hope someone recognizes what it is.
Doc Lisenby
Zone 7/8