Fire blight is a bacterial disease that affects certain species in the rose family (Rosaceae). It is especially destructive to apples (Malus spp.), pears (Pyrus spp.), and crabapples (Malusspp.). The ...

Apples, pears, crabapples and even some ornamentals are infected by fire blight, a destructive bacterial disease. Fire blight damage is noticeable when infected leaves suddenly turn brown, as if ...

Your beloved apple tree had blackening blossoms in spring and this fall you see black shoots. The ornamental pear tree on your street has browning shoots. The quince tree in your aunt’s backyard has a ...

Fire blight is a bacterial disease that occurs on many species of the rose family including almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, chokecherry, cotoneaster ...

This spring has provided ideal conditions for fire blight attacks on local pear trees and other susceptible plants. Fire blight is a bacterial disease that is often devastating to both ornamental and ...

Three years ago, I planted a little orchard of 20 dwarf cider apple trees. This spring I replanted — six of the little trees died last summer. Now I am wondering about my ability to grow apples at all ...

Carefully review this list of plants: All these plants are members in the rose family and each share the disease called fire blight. In springs like this year, which has been wet and warm, this ...