Buds , Flowers and Fruits 2022 Edition!

[Rosdonald]

I’m checking out scab versus marssonia. Septoria?

This relates to @BlueBerry discussion regarding disease resistant varieties.

Most verdant and disease resisting apple trees in your orchard are...? I have gone no-spray this year. No pesticides or fungicies (OK and not many apples, guess this is the off year)

Checking on my apple trees, as well as recent grafts, I made some observations that might be useful. (And your experiences in your neck of the woods might differ, but be glad to hear them anyhow.) Nicest looking foliage as of first weekend in June–goes to Reine des Hatives Johnson’s Keeper Geneva Crab and Winter Red Flesh. But, other varieties looking nice include: May Queen Wolf River Veralma Simontornya Niedzwetzkyana Snow Cornish Aromatic Northwest Greening Braeburn Arkansas B…

Here’s a picture. I don’t think it’s fireblight. It’s in multiple trees. The damage is frozen in time. Came out one day after lots of rain. Has not spread appreciably. No leaf drop. No shepherd’s crook. Across varieties. New growth on the same limb is clear.

I had the exact same thing early in the season.