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["Erdman, Jim" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

Hello,
This year I got my first good crop from many of my apple trees, and also my 
lone pear tree. 
Almost all of my Sweet 16 apples have a simiilar problem.  The skin is 
slightly bumpy or pitted, sort of like an orange in a way.  The flesh has 
dark areas and is sometimes a little bitter, and not crisp, but sometimes 
mushy.
Does anyone have any ideas what the problem with them might be?  I have 
looked in many of my books and references with no luck, although I seem to 
have a tendency to miss the obvious sometimes.
Thanks for any help.
 
Jim, in Menomonie, WI, cold edge of zone 4