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Claude, what I really want to know is what does Flemish Beauty taste
like?  & is it good enough that it might be worth figuring out how to
control the scab?

~mIEKAL



On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Claude Jolicoeur <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca> wrote:
> A 14:15 11.06.25 -0400, vous avez écrit :
>>I have a neglect apple orchard very nearby.  Does apple scab cross
>>over to pears or are they separate organisms?
>>~mIEKAL
>
> No, they are not the same.
> I have apple scab on my apple trees, but there is no pear scab even on my
> Flemish Beauty - there are no other pears trees for at least 20 miles
> around my orchard, so I guess pear scab spores never found this small patch
> of pear trees I have.
>