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  • From: Lee Reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] ID for Disease on Flemish Beauty pears
  • Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:03:43 -0400

My guess is pear scab which can be dealt with in much the same way as apple
scab.

Lee Reich, PhD
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On Jun 24, 2011, at 12:40 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> These photos are posted on the NAFEX facebook page.
>
> https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10150251817070102
>
> The black spots almost look like anthracnose to me, but I know almost
> nothing about pome fruit diseases. Later in the season the diseased
> pears dry up & have big cracks running thru them. When I explained it
> to Bob Purvis, he thought it sounded like boron deficiency. Or
> possibly there could be more than one thing going on. Also any
> suggestions on organic controls. I still haven't tasted any fruit off
> these trees....
>
>
>
> ~mIEKAL
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