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A little ways northeast of you, we had drought most of summer.  Until the 
mid-season apples were sizing up, then 3" rain in one week.  Apples 
increased in size by 1/3 in a very short time, and any brittle spot on the 
skins of most apple culitvars split (some more, some less.)  Many apple 
cultivars have a russet or corky patch in the stem dimple; I've been told 
this is from spider-mite feeding.  These spot of brittle skin would split in 
above conditions.


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From: "loneroc" <>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] stem splitting on apple
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 06:39:33 -0500

Anyone know what the cause of a little cross shaped split where the stem 
enters the apple.  Almost all my MN 447s had that goin' on.  I didn't get 
enough other apple to know if it would have been a widespread problem.

Steve H. Lone Rock, WI