A. Your pear tree has scab disease — a fungus disease that affects both pears and apples. It can be controlled by spraying a good fungicide (like daconil) three or four times in the spring. Spray when ...

The way you prune a pear tree, and the time you do it, can significantly impact both the health of the tree and the amount of ...

I remember last year the leaves on my Bradford pear were covered with these strange looking orange growths. How can I prevent that this year? AR What you are describing is a fungal disease called rust ...

Gardeners with apple or pear trees are being urged to check them this January for a potentially deadly disease. Alan Buckingham, author of Allotment Month By Month, advises in his book that gardeners ...