Instead of healthy young stems, our newly acquired pear tree looked like it was being scorched by extreme heat. Indeed, that's where the name "fire blight" comes from, and it's the easiest way to ...

The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning ...

From left to right, the trees are a blight-susceptible wild-type American chestnut (C. dentata) called Ellis 1, a blight-resistant Chinese chestnut (C. mollissima) tree called 'Qing,' and two ...

“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire ... blight, the once prevalent American chestnut became increasingly uncommon throughout its traditional range in the Appalachians. While many trees ...

They also come in the following varieties, according to the agency: WCMH reported that the Callery tree was first brought to North America in the 1900s to combat "fire blight," which, according to ...