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[John Bunker <john.p.bunker@gmail.com>]

Flemish Beauty (also called Parker) is extremely susceptible to  
scab.   Many growers have given up on growing the pear and have cut  
them down.
JB


John Bunker
Fedco
trees@fedcoseeds.com
www.fedcoseeds.com
PO Box 520
Waterville ME 04903
207-873-7333




On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Lee Reich wrote:

> My guess is pear scab which can be dealt with in much the same way  
> as apple scab.
>
> Lee Reich, PhD
> http://leereich.blogspot.com/
> http://leereich.com/
>
> Books by Lee Reich:
> A Northeast Gardener's Year
> The Pruning Book
> Weedless Gardening
> Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
> Landscaping with Fruit
>
> 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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