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[Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>]

Since I just planted (again) three Flemish Beauty pears, maybe I should ask 
what kind of climate does pear scab like?

Sarah 
zone 3
Edmonton, AB


--- On Sat, 6/25/11, John Bunker <john.p.bunker@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: John Bunker <john.p.bunker@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] ID for Disease on Flemish Beauty pears
> To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Received: Saturday, June 25, 2011, 1:24 PM
> 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
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> 
> 
> 
> 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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