CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — Srdjan Acimovic lopped off a tree branch loaded with Bartlett pears and told growers and researchers it was painful but necessary. “This hurts you, right? You’re throwing away ...

If you find sticky, amber-colored droplets on your pear tree, your tree could be infected with fire pear blight, a bacterial disease caused by Erwinia amylovora. Unfortunately, this pathogen can ...

Plant two pear varieties for best pollination. The flowers of most pear varieties can't pollinate themselves. Instead, they must cross-pollinate with a different variety to develop fruit. A different ...

Q: I have an apple tree that has some curled leaves and also has several limbs that have died back. The new growth at the ends of the limb are almost black in color. A: This sounds like your tree has ...

This column is written by the Master Gardeners of Yolo County each month. It provides answers to selected questions that recently came into the UCCE Master Gardener – Yolo County Help Desk. Question: ...

Grumpy helps a reader deal with their diseased pear tree. Plus, the plant of the week. "Do you know what causes some of my pear trees, leaves and branches to turn brown and die? It still produces ...

Q. I generally leave a lot of the garden/ yard work to my hubby; however, I’ve become concerned – as is he – about the health of our Asian Pear tree. The branches have become all black as have most ...

Watch for black-blighted leaves, blossoms and branches on pear trees. Fire blight, a bacterial disease, occurs to some degree almost every year. Affected leaves and blossoms give the appearance of ...

Oswego may have to dig up about 1,600 Callery pear trees in the village because they are aging and susceptible to disease, officials said. The trees are also considered invasive, meaning they have a ...