Don’t know what else it could be. I’m guessing a woodpecker.
Here are both sides of the tree. Lost notes on variety. I think it is one of the big-name commercial apples.
Here is tree. Big tree, low fruit and leaf production.
Do woodpeckers kill your tree?
Do woodpeckers foretell the demise of a sick tree?
Thanks!
Looks like the work of a sapsucker. Our wild trees here are covered in those holes but the trees seem unaffected. I can understand why you wouldn’t like it on your tree though.
I’ve had sapsuckers nearly kill sections of apple and pear trees due to girdling. I wrap the target areas with aluminum window screen using a household stapler to hold it in place. Problem solved
I agree, probably a sapsucker.
