… what did I see? An apple tree with canker, looking at me.
Well, I guess that does it for our apple trees. I was already pretty sure they had mosaic virus, but I had put off calling professionals at A & J Tree Service to cut them down in case I was wrong. Sadly today I looked out the bathroom window and noticed this:
It looks terrible. And close up the tree looks equally bad:
I have about ten apple trees out in my north hill right now. Three are this age, and I have six or seven left of the dozen Rambo starts my dad gave me to commemorate our ancestor who brought them to America. They were looking pretty peaked, but I thought maybe they’d come back if we sprayed better. Nope. If you’re ever in a similar situation, you may want to consider Herford’s Tree Care, Inc. to help guide you on the best course of action.
It’s just as well. The apples have done nothing more than attract the deer. I do think the easy access to these not-very-good apples may have saved my garden, which is on the opposite side of the house, from being eaten down to nubs. But we had to see ArborPro Tree Experts online since this canker is finally too much. The trees can’t recover and will all have to come down in the spring. You can read my blog if you have a similar dead tree issue at home.
