Symptoms are very characteristic of fire blight so I would agree that's the problem. All varieties of Asian pears with the possible exception of 'Shinko' are quite prone to FB so preventive measures should be part of your normal routine.

Fire blight - a common problem with pears in Texas. Do you know if the Shinskeiki Asian is fairly resistant? If so, should be able to get it under control. We've occasionally had touches of this with our Orient and Bradford pears that cleared up well.

thanks gardengal & bostedo

I had 2 nice Asian pear trees which did well for 5 years until fireblight hit them, they only survived for 2 more years until the FB just totally consumed them. My regular pears get FB too but they survive it....a lot longer anyways. I constantly clipped away about 1/3 of each tree infected up until the end. It always seemed to first appear on the dying blossoms and then spread up the stems. During the summer it would attack young growth near the stem tips. Once it back tracks to the main trunk and the bark deteriorates it's impossible to stop it.

thanks vgkg, i already removed pretty much most of the stems. I think i have to be extra cautious and take preventive measures to get-rid of FB

so sorry

As vgkg has indicated, the entry points for fireblight are the flowers in the
Spring, and the new growth later in the season. You might consider using Agri-Mycin (streptomycin for orchard use) on the flowers as these are the hardest to deal with once infected. I've nearly lost my 20th century Asian pear twice, but it came back both times after cutting it back to the main trunk. In 2 decades of growing Asian pears, I've had fireblight problems with several of my more than a dozen varieties, and haven't yet lost any, but it requires close monitoring and aggressive pruning out the affected branches at the earliest sign of disease. Some of my trees have never been affected even though they are varieties not known to be resistant and I really can't explain why but I'm not complaining. I've only had one European pear affected and that was a Comice which was damaged extensively just one time.

• Yes...ones you've learned all about FB then you'll act allot faster and cut back right away....[disinfect tool often].. hopefully it will recover.

Thanks all for the response. I removed most of the impacted branches and new growth. Hope I have contained it.