Hi everyone:
All my apple trees are doing just fine except for this “troubled” tree. All of them have received the same exact Michael Phillips’s recipe (4 times up to now). I must say that this particular Calville tree receive more water (after rain), and that some water can accumulate during 4/5 days. The soil around the Calville stays ‘moist” most of the time but there is no permanent water accumulation. Thanks all for your imput
My guide says it’s
It looks much like our Golden Delicious did last year with very late frost and snow & hail showers during the weeks after flowering. And we were told we were among the few who actually had any GD apples. This year, they are pristine save for some coddling moth damage.
My old Czech pomology from 1919 claims that the low resistance to frost, scab, cancer and insect damage was why it disappeared from orchards in our region, even though it used to be one of the most expensive apples on the market due to its taste.
Drahá Tana: Dúfam, že sa máš dobre. (Dear Tana: Hope you are doing fine)
Thank you for the reply. Reading your post, just learned that apple can get cancer. A day without learning something new is a wasted day, right? 
I’m a big hockey fan, Do you know about the Šťastný brothers?, Marián, Peter et Anton. Those 3 were a big asset for the late Nordiques now Denver’s Avalanches. Anyway… I’ll keep an eye for next year. Bye\
I assume “cancer” was supposed to be “canker.”
My work friend and I used to follow the Nordiques years ago. I had a logo shirt and a hat.
Go Nordiques!!!
Off topic I know, sorry.
It almost looks like bitter pit on the Calville Blanc d’ Hiver apples. Is this the first year this has happened to them?
Perhaps this article may help.
I removed Calville Blanc a couple a few years ago because of Scab and fireblight. Some things are just not meant to be.
@Shabou & @evilpaul , Sorry, yes, it was supposed to be “canker”. My brain has a problem with this one, because it jumps to direct translation, even though I know English has a different name for the disease caused by Neonectria. (The spelling is deviously too close to the expression in Slovak, Czech and German, which is cancer.)
@Shabou I’m sorry to disappoint you, I am one of those Slovaks who consider hockey as more of a social experiment. (Don’t tell anyone…) Even though I was a teenager during the initial craze around Peter Šťastný, I confess, I was more interested in botany and zoology at the time.
Thanks all for your input. Took some photos of the Calville. Don’t know about bitter pit apple… Two apple: one of them with flesh that I later ate (very good tasting) and the other with not so appetizing flesh (I did not eat it). Difficult for me to judge… Thanks all. Marc
Another few photos of bitter pit inside and on an apple. Maybe I am wrong. Perhaps some apple scab as well. Someone with better knowledge may have a better guess/diagnosis than I do.
Apple scab for sure is one of the issue.
This link has good pics of scab.
https://www.maine.gov/dacf/php/gotpests/diseases/factsheets/apple-scab-cornell.pdf.
The other issue could be cork spot. Check out this article.
