Leaf disease on pear tree

[JohnS]

Does anyone around here recognize this disease on my pear tree, or what to do about it

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THanks,
John S
PDX OR

[JohnS]

[clarkinks]

@JohnS

You have pear rust its not easy to control. If it’s trellis rust it should not damage your pear fruit. It showed up here a number of years ago

Pear Rust

There is a problem this year I don’t normally see which is pear rust. Seen similar posts on other forums which may imply it’s worse this year than others. If you grow as many pears as I do you are likely to see it all at one time or another. Rust though unattractive and inconvenient is a minor thing in comparison to fire blight. I will remove as many of the rust infected leaves as I can as they show up and spray with a fungicide. These were a few of the problem leaves. As a side note and the…

[JohnS]

Thanks Clark. I figured it was fungal, as it seems to be leaving a spore print.
John S
PDX OR

[LarryGene]

Perhaps Google was not much help, as it shows the same type images for pear+leaf+galls.

[clarkinks]

@JohnS

Your welcome