Harold -
Thanks much for your suggestion.
If blossom feeding aphids are responsible,
I'll have to wait another year to observe.
But if so, what should I do to
respond to this. We can't spray
insecticide (Imidan) during blossom. We did
spray right before bloom.
And most inexplicably, why is this
A few weeks ago the UK meteorological service issued its long range
forecast for the coming summer as one that will be hotter and drier than
usual. Needless to say, since then it has been raining in Ireland
(although the prospects are for better weather quite soon).
This wet weather is following
Apple growers thank Congressional leaders
Posted by Debra J. Groom/The Post-Standard May 20, 2009 2:37PM
This news just in from the New York Apple Association in Fishers, NY
The New York Apple Association Wednesday thanked members of the
state's Congressional delegation for support of
Dave,
The reason for my comment was that very small, bumpy, deformed apple
fruit can be the result of rosy apple aphid feeding on young fruit at
early stages. Campyloma bug feeding on young fruit also can cause
deformed fruit. Both are problems best addressed by entomologists
within our
Mullein plant bug (Campylomma verbasci) cause early season damage
similar to what you describe and can cause heavy damage on one cultivar
while leaving others in the same planting much less affected.
Glen Koehler
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Pest Management Office
491 College
