AdkEric
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- Adirondacks
A friend of the family requested I take a look at her flowering crabapple today. Most, but not all, of the remaining foliage has discoloration seen on the pictured leaves.
I rarely deal with any sort of apples so I'm a bit out of my element. I unfortunately didn't take a picture of the entire tree.
It is mature, no cankers or fruiting bodies, and she claims it had dense foliage until mid summer and flowered nicely. The fruit didn't appear to have any lesions or markings on it. No recent trauma to the tree or roots. Not too much dead wood present.
It has been hot and dry for several weeks. Foliage is thin and mostly present in the upper canopy and tips of branches. The leaves on the ground are yellow, and don't appear crunchy and shriveled up as they might from fire blight. She has a few pear trees, lilacs, and a couple maples that seem fine.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm obviously not in the malus business, nor am I much of a pest/disease stud. It's unlikely I'll perform any required work, but I'd like to steer her in the right direction.
I rarely deal with any sort of apples so I'm a bit out of my element. I unfortunately didn't take a picture of the entire tree.
It is mature, no cankers or fruiting bodies, and she claims it had dense foliage until mid summer and flowered nicely. The fruit didn't appear to have any lesions or markings on it. No recent trauma to the tree or roots. Not too much dead wood present.
It has been hot and dry for several weeks. Foliage is thin and mostly present in the upper canopy and tips of branches. The leaves on the ground are yellow, and don't appear crunchy and shriveled up as they might from fire blight. She has a few pear trees, lilacs, and a couple maples that seem fine.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm obviously not in the malus business, nor am I much of a pest/disease stud. It's unlikely I'll perform any required work, but I'd like to steer her in the right direction.
