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| Please help ID if this is bitter pit, brown spot or black spot. We've had a lot of rain (15" for June and July) but I've also seen it in my orchard in years past when rain amounts were more normal.
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- Posted by spartan-apple (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 11:32
| The charcoal like smudges look like sooty blotch/flyspeck ot me. The large spot appears to be apple scab? Bitter pit |
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- Posted by windfall_rob vt4 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 16, 13 at 11:51
| Agreed on sooty blotch, the dark sunken spot with the black center doesn't look like scab to me (at least not the way I normally see it present) It does look just like a type of rot we often get on our honeycrisps during wet years; but that normally shows up much later in the season....close to harvest. My experience with bitter pit is a tan "corky" area under the dimple in the skin, and a Spartan says it gets worse during storage. |
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| Ok, I'm ruling out bitter pit. It has to be brown rot or black rot. I just don't know which and what can be done, if anything to prevent it. Yes, I'm aware of the common sooty blotch and flyspeck. Thanks for the comments. Harvestman, c'mon, I know you know what this is! |
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