Pear leaf blister mite??

[Al Cormack]

Good one Mr S

 

 

 

Is there a Juniper in proximity Al?

 

 

 

 

 

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I will check on this and let you know.

Al.

[nepia]

Got any Juniper nearby??

 

Gymnosporangium sabinae

 

 

Unfortunately the link is out of date so I can't check it out.

 

Saw a mature but hacked pear this morning where virtually all the foliage was as per the pics, including the slight chlorosis. I'm inclined towards pear scab as per David Humphries' suggestion and Apple and Pear Scab but am open to others. If I'm right then the correct course of action for a single garden ornamental tree seems to be to destroy the fallen leaves in autumn.

 

Comments please.

 

Thanks,

 

Jon

[Gollum]

As David said pear scab is Venturia pirina,

 

Apple scab is Venturia inaequalis.

 

Treatment as somebody said earlier burn the leaf in autumn.

 

then in the spring spray at bud burst with systhane or similar every 10 days.

[nepia]

Thanks. Chemical treatment won't happen - if you could see what's been done to the tree physically you'd see what it means to the owners! - but burning the leaves is realistic. Do you agree with the educated guess that pear scab is the culprit?