Plum tree: need help identifying illness

[Graham Fawcett]

Hello,

I've moved into a new home that has a plum tree. The tree is bearing a lot of fruit (not very tasty though) but it seems to have a rather nasty fungus(?) growing on it.

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someone please help me to identify the illness? Any tips on treatment would be welcome.

Thanks,

Graham

[Powerless Agronomist]

If it is spreaded on a various parts of tree, it is what we call "cancer", we usually cut it and burn it, plant can live but for how long I can't say, I saw one old pear tree (50 years old, but about 10 years live with it and now is at the end), maybe I'm wrong, but try some other opinion.

[Graham Fawcett]

Thanks, P.A. It's quite widespread; I'll do a bit more research, but it sounds like we'll have to take this tree down.

Graham