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Definition of Pear blight
1. Noun. A disease blackening the leaves of pear and apple trees.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pear Blight
Literary usage of Pear blight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1907)
"At the last annual meeting of this Convention at Santa Rosa the writer gave a
paper on pear blight work and its control in California, and Prof. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"pear blight*is a disease which works only In meristematic tissues. ... An artificial
epidemic of pear blight started by infecting a few trees on the edge of ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Until it is demonstrated that pear-blight can be successfully controlled, it is
useless to recommend the planting of pears in commercial quantities. ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"For example, when the pear blight germ is absent from a locality there can be no
blight ... pear blight has its ups and downs. Some years the conditions are ..."
5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1892)
"pear blight" is a disease which works only in meristematic tissues. ... An artificial
epidemic of pear blight started by infecting a few trees on the edge ..."
6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"pear blight or fire blight is the most serious disease of Pear trees. It is an
American disease. It is caused by a microbe which enters through the growing ..."
7. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1893)
"In a paper read before a meeting of a pomological society, the author claims the
discovery of the cause of pear blight, referring it to climatic influences, ..."
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