Pear trellis rust is a relatively new disease of pears and junipers in Connecticut. The fungus that causes pear trellis rust is Gymnosporangium sabinae. It requires two unrelated host plants, pear and ...

DEAR JESSICA: I have a question about your column of Aug. 19, where you mention that the fungus that causes rust disease can be cured by getting rid of junipers, which host the fungus. I have two ...

Here is a photograph of a pear that started to go bad in my fruit basket. I discovered it one evening with a perfect bullseye pattern of mould. Sixty hours later it had grown more (partial) rings of ...