Agreed fireblight. Several things you can do. Cutting out the infections 6" to 18" (depending upon the expert) back from the infection site is recommended. Hopefully before it gets to the main trunk. Sterilize the cutters with bleach solution between cuts. Put prunings into the garbage or burn; do NOT compost.

There are several sprays which can be helpful. Agricultural streptomycin during and around blooming. Seranade is a preventative spray which may help. Copper based fungicides.

Others sill hopefully chime in here. Much will depend upon where you are located, the weather, and the variety of trees.

Thankseloise_ca and Steve333_gw, I was hoping it was scab with the almost exploded fruit Spurs.

I think the tree will be butchered to clear it.

I'll do my best with the pruning and see if I can get a spray.

I'm on the south coast of the UK but the tree has been in a dark shaded part of the garden due to a neighbours tree now pruned heavily so more light.

The description of leaves and fruit sounded like pear scab. You could have both fire blight on your tree. Here's the info on pear scab.

https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/sites/catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/files/project/pdf/em9003.pdf.

Thanks,

I just can't seem to find another picture on the net of fruit Spurs that look like mine? Most of the fireblight ones show just the new branch curling over black

I'll take an upto date pic today now it's in leaf and see if it's more easily identifiable.

Thanks again.

Well, the tree has had another pruning and I have removed all evidence of this blight/canker.

See one of the branches removed, it has growth but leaves are blackening.

Is it possible I have curl too from the latest pics?

Cannot get any decent sprays which are allowed on fruit in the UK. All are not in stock and discontinued, so I have ordered some bayer fruit and veg disease spray to see if it helps.

If anyone has any UK links to good fungicides it would be appreciated.