Francis (Seán) Donoghue asked 15 years ago
My Pear tree which I have for 2 years has not borne any fruit, when should I expect pear to fruit? There are alot of branches and leavesAlso I have another dual pear tree, one section has leaves but the other section seems to have died, what would cause thisMy apple trees this year, some have fruit which are not great and my other tree lost their leaves and did not bear any fruit, is the weather too wet??
Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago
 More on pears: https://gardenie.wpengine.com/gerrycategory/pears/?id=5439
A tree with two varieties might lose one variety by failure of the graft, as both would have been grafted.
Apple trees that lost their leaves was probably due to apple scab disease, which is worst in a wet summer and, which must be sprayed against.
More on apple scab: https://gardenie.wpengine.com/gerrycategory/apple-scab/?id=5705
