Fruit

For younger trees, paint trunks white or apply wrap to prevent sunscald (right).

Possible late season cold injury damage to apple.

Stink and lygus bugs puncture-type feeding results in deep pits whose symptom is known as “cat-facing.”

Honeycrisp apples have a soft flesh, and are prone to diseases like bitter rot.

A dry rot may develop on the calyx end of fruit, mostly introduced by insect feeding.

General fruit cracking is common and its cause is not well-understood.

"Jonathon spot" occurs on Jonathon Rome, Gravenstein, and other varieties. Its cause is unknown.

Thrips are tiny insects that can lay eggs on the developing apple, causing a “pansy” shaped spot.

Frost injury often appears as a circular ring of russet around the apple.

Light frost damage will show up as a ring of small lesions around the bottom of the apple.