Yes. I have 2 saplings (well 7 ft' store bought trees) a Bartlett & a Kiefer.

Something killed the Kieffer it just started to leaf out and died. It was stressed by 2 April frosts, one in mid April though.

The Bartlett is starting to recover but it lost a few branches.

I read the Kieffer & Bartlett are actually bad choices but of course I didn't know that. I've read the 2 varieties called 'Harvest Queen' and 'Harvest something else' are most resistant and make good pears.

I'm glad I now know what Fire Blight looks like so I can either get rid of those trees or prune back. I was, well shocked really, to read the government allows streptomycin as anti-bacterial treatment for . No telling what else. Uh, let's use that stuff sparingly as possible I think.

It's made up my mind to start avoiding artificial fertilizers & pesticides & plant disease treatments. If a plant don't make it I'll have to try another of the same type plant or a different variety. We just don't know about all the 'good organisms' that are killed or mutated with such treatments.

This post was edited by AgroCoders on Sat, Jun 7, 14 at 19:53

Consider fireblight resistant pear trees for your area. I have Orient, Ayers, and Moonglow. No fireblight here.

Thanks. I'll look for them in September when they are back in stock.