Symptoms
Fireblight is a systemic disease. The term "fire blight" describes the appearance of the disease, which can make affected areas appear blackened, shrunken and cracked, as though scorched by fire.
Primary infections are established in open blossoms and tender new shoots and leaves in the spring when blossoms are open.
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