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  • From: sherwin <sherwindu@att.net>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Crab apple disease resistance
  • Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:08:36 -0500

Why so few crab apples have curculio, apple maggot or coddling moth? I don't know. But we do observe it.

Richard,

I would think that the usually tougher skin of the crab apples and their lower sugar content would
play a big role in their not attracting these pests.

Sherwin Dubren
Morton Grove, IL




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