Fruit
Fire blight infects through open blossoms and the bacteria travels in the wood to other parts of the tree.
A mature larva feeding on apple seeds.
The upper scaffold limbs of this peach tree were affected by sunscald many years ago. This type of injury often is not apparent until a few years late. It can...
Hoenycrisp apples have a soft flesh, and are prone to diseases like bitter rot.
Fire blight infections can happen later in the season, especially through wounds on fruit, resulting in a soft rot.
Stink and lygus bugs puncture-type feeding results in deep pits whose symptom is known as "cat-facing."
A dry rot may develop on the calyx end of fruit, mostly introduced by insect feeding.
When rosy apple aphids feed on leaves and flowers during bloom, the resulting fruit becomes deformed and small.