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Pear Tree with Cavity and Leaf Spots

Fruit Safe, Cavity Manageable

Bartlett pear with basal cavity, dead limbs, and black leaf spots: pears are edible (peel spotted fruit). Leaf spots = fungus; spray fungicide at bud break next spring. Cavity won't heal but tree can live decades hollow. Don't seal wound. Monitor structural stability.

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