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[sherwin <sherwindu@att.net>]

On 4/30/2012 6:46 AM, Elizabeth Hilborn wrote:
> It has been a bad year for cedar apple rust. This is the first time I
> have seen my apple trees seriously affected.
>
> Question- do I prune out infected and drooping new growth/fruit clusters
> as I would fire blight? It had affected much of the leaves on my Summer
> King apple, so I am reluctant to remove all affected growth, but I do
> not know the consequences of inaction for the long-term.
>
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a NC
    Betsy,

   The easiest way to cure this problem is to get rid of any Juniper 
trees in the immediate
   area.  Trees that are misnamed as White Cedar are really Junipers 
and I know from my
   own experience that they were causing the same problem for me.

                                            Sherwin Dubren