In my pruning this spring in central Vermont, I have come across very swollen buds, many with miserable looking, poorly developed, fruit still clinging on. most of the swollen parts were on buds, some were at branch crotches of one and two year wood. I dissected the buds and it looked like they might be galls. What are they? Do I need to manage them in a particular way? they are particularly abundant on one of my old trees.
Thanks. -Nicko Rubin East Hill Tree Farm
3496 East Hill Rd Plainfield, VT 05667 802-272-5880