Since this fruit-cracking topic appeared, along with the photos, I have
found two 30 year old Empire trees on which a single branch or scaffold
has produced several fruits with symptoms apparently identical to those
in the photos from Maine. On one tree about 4 inches length of the
branch
Richard,
I do get similar cracking on my Karmijn from time to time, but not with too
much severity, so I never went into it too carefully. It is clearly
year-dependant, but why is a more difficult issue. I have not associated
the problem with cold post blossom weather, as we often get that, but
Con,
You can get an idea of the shelters from my website:
http://derrysorchardandnursery.ca
And then I can answer questions.
Derry Walsh
south coastal B.C.
By the way, I was intrigued to read that Derry's Karmijn are under
cover. I would love to hear more about this.
Con Traas The Apple
From what I understand, there are two types of fruit cracking,both of which
are genetic. We have had an issue with it in Gala is the past.
Physiological Cracking often occurs on Stayman and other varieties when a
high percentage of fruit may split or crack, starting in July. This type of
