I got this tree from Home Depot is supposed to be a Carmine Jewel. I inspected the tree at the store for any signs of diseases and didn’t find anything, I could have missed this spot on the tree and started to wonder whether this was canker or just damage. Parts of this wound look dry and are lighter in color and some of the darker shades look slightly moist possibly but I am not sure if it really is. Is this canker or just a wound trying to heal? The little depression can’t be seen in detail in the picture but it seem to be dry of sap. If this isn’t canker but later develops would I be able to safely prune out that spot without infecting the main trunk after pruning? Also in the picture of the arrow there is a darkened spot with something white at the center, could this be sap or something else unrelated?
Does not appear to have canker. Typically a canker will extrude a dark molasses color stick sap. Not evident in your pic. Keep your receipt in case it develops for a free replacement
Dennis
Kent, wa
looks like just a tight collar to me. just keep a eye on it.
Doesn’t look like canker to me either. Something messed up that joint are there any small holes anywhere? Any saw dust? Sometimes cherries do look like that naturally but when I see this kind of thing I’m like you on higher alert looking for any other signs.
Thank you guys for the help, there is a small hole in the bark (will circle the spot), I look closer inside the big dent with a flashlight and came across something very reflective but couldn’t tell what it was, could it be sap that is clear? Btw the spot with the hole in the bark, it looks like that whole piece of bark will break off soon.
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Don’t have borers myself Mark and stone fruits is along your line what do you think here?
Something damaged the bark there alright maybe an insect of some type. If I see sawdust around a hole I’d know what is but in this case I’m not sure. Do you have woodpeckers?
@clarkinks i spotted black crumbs inside the bigger dent, when shinning with a flashlight they became very shinny and sparkly, started scaring me that this was sap on top of the crumbs. Any thoughts? Or is this just naturally just something that sparkles like that. Also I created my account yesterday and there was a limit and how many posts I can have on first day, is there any limit for second day?
We have woodpeckers but don’t think this would be from them, sorry if I get repetitive I just feel very concerned because I have a very little amount of trees. Just was concern about the shinny crumbs and the possible sap that may be on there.
I agree with the consensus of everyone else. Not canker. Even if it was I wouldn’t worry about it. I’ve had canker on peach and cherry trees in my orchard. It’s not super highly contagious. Even if it was canker, which I don’t think it is, cutting it out likely won’t do any good.
We just starting to grow the Romance series cherries. We have some Juliet cherries we put in a year ago. But we’ve grown tree type cherries for about 15 years. That spot on your cherry tree wouldn’t bother me in the least.
I suspect these Romance cherries are pretty darn tough. We managed to kill a few with some herbicide last season (they were very small plants - like 4" tall -when we planted them). But the rest grew a couple feet the first season. Some have already put out root suckers.
No limit for you on posts now. All users start out at a level zero on Discourse (the program the fruit forum uses). Level zero users have a limit on the number of posts. This is done intentionally to limit the amount of spam, spammers can hit our topics with.
But with just a few posts, new members are moved to level 1, which offers unlimited posts. Admins try to immediately move level zero members to level 1, if they recognize they aren’t spammers (which is pretty easy to recognize). You obviously aren’t a spammer, but we missed manually moving you to level 1.
Even if an admin fails to move a new member from level zero to level one, the system will automatically move a new member to level 1 after a few posts and a short time.
I checked your account and the system moved you to level 1, so you shouldn’t have any more problems.
Omg thank you so much, for future reference cutting out an effected canker spot is useless, even on trunk? In my case the spot is at an intersection with trunk. I heard if spread to the trunk can girdle a whole tree.
We don’t cut any canker on the trunks of peach or cherry. If the tree is vigorous in our climate, it eventually outgrows the canker. We have had some scaffolds die and break off with canker, but no whole trees die of canker.
We’ve never tried it, but research indicates painting the canker in the fall with a paste made of Topsin M, can help heal Leucostoma canker, because of Topsins locally systemic properties. Full disclosure: This would be an off-label use of Topsin M.
But again, I don’t think what you are seeing is canker.
Alright I appreciate the info 
Thanks @Olpea when it comes to peaches and other stone fruits I’m still in the club that thinks your the best. You might get that world record soon you deserve it.
Ha Ha Clark. That’s some kind words toward me, but they come more from your generosity, than perhaps accuracy. 
My 2 theories.
- The branch branch came out of the same area where other branches tried to establish (but are no longer is there).
- The branch was already somewhat broken during shipping and the cambium had some damage there and what you see is result of the repair.
The skin of the trunk looks like it’s a good color and texture. All my cherries died but I remember when they were growing well, the skin looked like that.
The skin in that area has many different colors, red, brown, orange, maroon, black, and tan. It seems a little messy, and under some pealed bark there is a very small spot of brown. Hopefully it’s nothing.