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Fireblight
Blossoms turn black and die. Young leafy twigs wilt from the tips down, turn black, and die. Leaves remain attached. A bend often develops at the tips of the infected twigs. On the branches, and at the base of the blighted twigs, the bark becomes water soaked in appearance, then dark, sunken, and dry. Cracks may develop at the edge of the sunken area. In warm, moist spring weather, drops of brown ooze appear on the surface of these lesions. During the summer, shoots or branches may wilt and turn dark brown to black. Infected fruit shrivels, turns black, and remains on the tree.