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Tanis,

Sounds like some blossoms that just didn't set fruit, especially if in a 
cluster.  sometimes trees have a way of thinning themselves, i.e. "June 
drop".  The weakest fruit that did set will drop off in June and the blooms 
that never set will just dry up or "mummify".  It's best to pinch these off 
if you see them because they do "hang
there and serve as inoculum source for fruit rots" and other diseases as 
well as overwintering locations for certain pests.
The scionwood should not be an issue.

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Doud" <doudone@netusa1.net>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] apple blossom disease?


> tg, varieties vary widely in their habits,  and one of those habits is
> shedding aborted bloom/small apples -
>
> Gala and Golden Russet and Spitzenberg,  for examples, tend to hold on to
> blossoms and small incipient fruit into the next season -
>
> and this has cultural implications - those small undeveloped fruit hang
> there and serve as innoculum source for fruit rots -
>
> I don't think there is any disease issue with scionwood -
>
> regards, D Doud
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tanis grif" <tanisgrif@yahoo.com>
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 5:28 PM
> Subject: [NAFEX] apple blossom disease?
>
>
> > Funny what we notice & when we notice it....
> >
> > I just found, on some apple trees I've been looking at all winter, some
> dead dried
> > flowers which never fell off since spring.  They look just like a blossom
> after
> > petal-fall, but dry & brown.
> >
> > Most interesting, I notice this on 2 closely related cultivars, growing
> > side-by-side, one tree has it but not the other.
> >
> > Any ideas on what this is?  If a disease, should I NOT be distributing
> scionwood
> > from my plantings until I get rid of this disease?
>
> >