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[colleendaly@videotron.ca]

        Hi,


                It certainly looks like "classic" fireblight to me. The 
variety is Egremont Russet.
        The tree is kind of squeezed in between a Mont-Royal plum and a Pomme 
Grise apple.
        Would the lack of air circulation contribute to fire-blight?


        Fortunately, I grafted some scions from this tree this spring but now 
I am wondering if the scions
        could be harbouring the disease or does it not work like that for 
fire-blight? Also, the tree
        is a poor producer of apples (quantity-wise) so perhaps eradication 
is the answer. 


                                        Sincerely,
                                                 Peter Drevniok, Gatineau, QC 
zone 5
 
                                


   

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard J. Ossolinski" <ossoeo@myfairpoint.net>
Date: Friday, September 9, 2011 3:20 pm
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] apple tree with fireblight
To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>

> Peter,
> Might be worth getting a positive/accurate diagnosis of the 
> malady prior to taking radical action.
> Richard
> Gouldsboro, ME  Zone 5
> 
> 
> On Sep 9, 2011, at 2:07 PM, colleendaly@videotron.ca wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >     Hi,
> > 
> > 
> >             Should 
> an apple tree (with about 20% of it's growth) affected with what
> >     looks like fire-blight be removed entirely? Or should I 
> try to rehabilitate the tree?
> >     It is an espaliered tree. I do not mind removing it if 
> it will be a source of disease for my
> >     other trees.
> > 
> > 
> >                             Sincerely,
> >                                     Peter Drevniok, Gatineau, QC zone 5
> > 
> > 
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