Fire Blight

A rare bacterial disease

A long, long time ago, I spent a lot of time employed as a plant pathologist, so I’m going to spend some time discussing Fire Blight- Fire Blight is not rare but the fact that it’s caused by a bacterium is rare.

Fire blight is likely native to North America and has colonized most of the U.S. and Canada. Fire blight is very difficult to control once estab…