Day: January 4, 2018

CHERRY

Cherries have similar soil requirements to pear trees. Cherries grow strongly on clay and clay soils, but they freeze easily and succumb to gum disease and other diseases. They cannot stand moist soils, and too dry and …

PLUM

Noble varieties of plums usually take the form of trees that grow up to a height 6-10 m, with a spherical crown, oval, conical or irregular. The plum blossom is mounted on a stalk of various lengths, and flower buds can be found on both shoots, as well as on long shoots, …

Pear diseases and pests

The most dangerous disease of pears is pear scab, which differs from apple scab by much more frequent cracking of fruit in spots and infestation of young twigs. Infected twigs are characterized by a rough bark, which is peeling. In the twigs of these …

PEAR

Pear trees are quite sensitive to low temperatures, and trees of noble varieties can grow to different sizes. Some of them are very large (Good Gray), another – medium size (The favorite), still others – quite small (Josephine). Crown of trees …

Diseases and pests of apple trees

The most dangerous diseases of apple trees are: Apple scab and apple mildew.

Apple scab is a fungal disease, which attacks both leaves and fruit, and to a lesser extent, young shoots. The symptom of the disease is spots appearing first on …