To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Disease Question
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 09:22:52 -0700 (PDT)
Sounds like borer work. Sometimes their entrance or exit holes can be
difficult to
find.
--- Jim Fruth wrote:
> In both apricot and maple, I have seen patches of, intact, dry bark on
> the trunk. Under it, the inner bark is gone appearing about the same as if
> a rodent had chewed there, sometimes girdling the tree, sometimes not, and
> usually in about a one inch wide swathe. Before discovering this inner
> damage, there appears to be no hint of a critter having burrowed into the
> tree except for the dry appearance of the outer bark and I've not found a
> critter beneath. Has anyone else seen this? Or know what it could be?
> --
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
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