merry:

The only reason fireblight would knock a pear out of production is if there was severe pruning to control the blight. It would have to be very severe. The pear would come back into production after a few years at most unless there was more pruning.

Pear fruits on wood at least two years old. If you are regularly cutting back due to fireblight you may never get wood old enough to fruit. Al

Thank you! So there is hope. I was afraid that it might have died back to a non-fruiting rootstock. I really don't know how to reliably find an old graft mark.

Going to check tree again.

Graft marks are almost always 6" high or lower on the main stem so if it didn't sprout below there you should be good.

Scott