Rich, I planted a Seckel Pear in April, here in SoCar and got the same
reaction as you. I didn't spray or fertilize it.
I did prune it for planting so I thought it was Fire Blight. Seckel is
supposed to be resistant to Fire Blight but I lost one three years ago to
it. Fire Blight doesn't look like this when it hits a mature fully leafed
out tree but maybe it looks like this if it hits an immature tree early in
the Spring. I hope someone recognizes what it is.
Doc Lisenby
Zone 7/8
Re: [NAFEX] Did I kill my trees,
Doc Lisenby, 05/18/2006