What's going on with my pear?

[mamuang]

Saw this. Was it similar to your situation?

Leaf curl on my new Bartlett Pear

I have an asian pear that looks identical to that. It is not thriving but I’m attributing it to transplant shock in heavy soil. It did not have great root structure at the time of planting. I feel that once it establishes it’s roots this year it should fare much better next year. On a side note. While pruning the same asian pear this spring I removed a piece of 20th century wood and grafted it onto a mature bradford pear. It is absolutely thriving. The leaves are large and open. I attribu…