To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Green Rosette
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 23:01:56 -0400
On Jun 6, 2010, at 8:22 PM, William C. Garthright wrote:
>
> I'm only finding this on one or two twigs, not throughout a tree.
> (Wouldn't zinc deficiency show up more than that?) And it's a very tight
> circular arrangement of leaves. Really, it looks like a green flower.
> It's kind of neat, but it completely stops the terminal from continuing
> to grow.
>
> This is nothing new. I've seen it in past years, too, but just rarely.
> Whatever it is, it's not widespread enough to be a problem. I was just
> curious.
>
> Bill
> Lincoln, NE (zone 5)
I'm pretty sure I've read that a virus (or maybe a fungus, but I think a
virus) can do that to cane fruit. But I've been too busy to look up the
reference, and don't think I've heard of it for stone fruit.