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Is pear rust ever a long term serious problem?  This year pear rust appeared 
on about half the pears on my Seckel tree and one fourth of the pears on a 
Kieffer tree.  I had never noticed the disease here before, so I am trying to 
decide if I should do something to fight it for next year, or just assume it 
will only be a problem occasionally.  I have a dozen pear trees, two over 100 
yrs old, a few 15 yr old trees, and three young trees.

Jim Nottke
Zone 7
Pfafftown, North Carolina