Well Jon, I guess now we know!
On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Jon Clements <[email protected]> wrote: > A little more info, I have been struggling for awhile now to attempt to > identify similar symptoms. We do of course have brown and green stink bug > here, and apparently increasing signs of BMSB activity. (But not > necessarily in orchard.) I have been told that bitter pit is typically more > superficial and shallow under the skin. On Honeycrisp, greenish sunken > spots have fairly deep brownish flesh discoloration below the spots. I have > some pictures of that too: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmcextman/sets/72157636328915735/ > > The previously attached pictures of the yellow apple are a numbered > selection, that I could have sworn was relatively clean just a few weeks > ago and now I am seeing this show up. (Dave R., there was some hail here > earlier (like June/July), but that damage was pretty easily identified > earlier and that does not appear to be the cause of this.) > > I would presume that with some sort of microscope the best way to confirm > stink bug or not would be to look for a puncture hole? Yes, no? I will > slice some fruit later and send picts of that to the list. Thanks all for > your feedback. > > Jon > > > > > On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 10:53 AM, David A. Rosenberger > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hail injury from at storm in early to mid-season? What are the internal >> symptoms when cut perpendicularly through the lesions? >> >> On Oct 7, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Jon Clements <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > See attached... >> > >> > <photo.JPG> >> > >> > >> > 413-478-7219_______________________________________________ >> > apple-crop mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> >> ************************************************************** >> Dave Rosenberger, Professor of Plant Pathology >> Cornell University's Hudson Valley Lab >> P.O. Box 727, Highland, NY 12528 >> Office: 845-691-7231 >> Fax: 845-691-2719 >> Cell: 845-594-3060 >> http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/pp/faculty/rosenberger/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> > > > > -- > Jon Clements > aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' > UMass Cold Spring Orchard > 393 Sabin St. > Belchertown, MA 01007 > 413-478-7219 > umassfruit.com > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > [email protected] > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > -- Maurice Tougas Tougas Family Farm Northborough,MA 01532 508-450-0844
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