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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.