Question: I have a 'Bartlett' pear tree, and this year I have a lot of small black spots on the fruit. What causes that? Answer: This sounds like scab, a fungal disease caused by Venturia pirina .

I have a 'Bartlett' pear tree I planted 4 years ago. The second year, it produced three pears. The last 2 years, it bypassed flowering and went straight into leaves... therefore, no fruit.

Pear trees can be roughly divided into two types: ... It was reportedly responsible for the near extinction of the Bartlett pear industry in the 1900s. ... It has kept its leaves year-round, ...

Q: I would really appreciate your help in identifying the issue with the leaves on both of my semi-dwarf pear trees. About 5% of the leaves on both pears have on the upper side of the leaf a small ...

Q: I have an old Bartlett pear tree. It was mature when I bought my home 27 years ago. The tree produces more fruit every other year. About three years ago, I had an abundant crop.

White flowers, lustrous dark green leaves and fast-growing genes — what a perfect combination of characteristics for a tree. Think again. More than 230 Bradford pear trees are planted on borough ...

I'd like to kill the stump of a Bartlett pear tree. It keeps sprouting. I've seen recommendations of using herbicide, but I also see that that type of material can damage other plants.

It’s known as a Williams pear to most of the world, but to us, it’s the Bartlett. It might have been the Williams pear here as well, but in 1799, when this pear first came to the new Colonies ...

The Bartlett, called the Williams pear in England where it was first found, gets its name from Enoch Bartlett, who was the first person to sell the trees in the U.S. in the early 1800s.

This pear is bell-shaped, with a fine-grained white flesh that is smooth and juicy. The skin turns from green to yellow as it ripens. There`s a red Bartlett, too, which is an attractive addition ...