AT A GLANCE
What does the pear leaf look like?
Pear leaves sprout in April/May, shortly after flowering. They are green, about 5-9 cm long, round-ovate and slightly pointed. In autumn they turn bright red and fall off. Various spots and color changes can occur in diseased trees.
What are the facts about the pear leaf?
A healthy leaf of the pear tree ((Pyrus communis) is rather plain. These are the features:
- Leaves are arranged alternately
- Leaf consists of stem and blade (leaf surface)
- Blade is simple, undivided, mostly about 5-9 cm long
- Leaf surface is green and shiny leathery
- the shape varies depending on the variety
- is rounded, uniform, lanceolate or elliptical
- the end of the leaf is pointed to pointed
- Leaf margin can be smooth, toothed or notched
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In the bud stage, pear leaves are curled in on both sides. The tree is deciduous and sheds its leaves in autumn. Before that, the foliage takes on a reddish tint.
When do pear trees sprout?
Pear trees, which belong to the rose family (Rosaceae), sprout briefly
after flowering off, sometimes almost simultaneously. Depending on the weather, the time when the leaves sprout in Europe is sometime between April and May.Why do pear leaves often get spots?
Pear trees can under pests or fungus suffer or bacterial diseases have. Leaf spots often occur. Two examples:
- cause pear pox mites Red dots
- pear grating shows up with yellow-orange spots / (rust spots):
Leaves get brown spots and soon after completely brown leaves, which dry up, the tree is most likely suffering from a lack of water, or voles have eaten away at its roots.
What do curled leaves mean?
The frizz disease the pear tree indicates an infestation with the pear leaf sucker or the mealy pear aphid. Most of time the leaves are curling also a.
Tip
When the shoot tips of the pear bear black leaves, the fire blight is raging
Most pear varieties are for fire blight subsceptible. This is a dangerous bacterial disease that spreads like an epidemic and sooner or later causes the affected trees to die. Black leaves on the tips of the shoots that look burnt are the typical symptom. You must report this disease and, depending on the case, severely cut back or clear.