Twig Blight or Fire Blight

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I would have guessed that the dead shoot in the picture was caused by fireblight but its actually twig blight according to Penn State:

https://extension.psu.edu/disease-update-nectria-twig-blight-or-fire-blight?j=404154&sfmc_sub=43229905&l=159_HTML&u=7663947&mid=7234940&jb=5&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MarketingCloud&utm_campaign=FPSY_MAY_30_2019_AT_EM-disease-update&utm_content=FPSY_MAY_30_2019_AT_EM-disease-update&subscriberkey=0030W00003VHvgVQAT

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Good information i was surprised as well but i did notice the abscense of the shepards crook that is consistent with fireblight. Thanks for the information. Not knowing about twigblight most of us would call it fireblight.

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I was very surprised many commercial growers in Pennsylvania were confused by the Twig Blight.

I had not seen it discussed before so it must not be a common topic like Fireblight

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