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["Naomi Counides" <naomi@oznayim.us>]

Aphids.
Naomi


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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of William C. Garthright
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 8:31 AM
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Subject: [NAFEX] Green rosette?

This hasn't been a big problem, but I sometimes notice on my fruit trees 
(apricots, plums, and pluots, for sure) where the growing tip at the end 
of a branch will turn into something that looks rather like a green 
flower, with the leaves all bunched together in a rosette. What is that?

I'm guessing that it's probably the result of an insect of some kind, 
perhaps irritating the growing twig to make a safe home for itself? I 
suppose it could be a disease, but it doesn't seem to spread. And it 
doesn't look like pesticide damage.

Anyone know? I'm just curious.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)

http://garthright.blogspot.com/

-- 
Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual 
condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step 
richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about 
reverence, not mastery. - Richard Powers

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