elainegrey

Someone asked about cedar apple rust on honeycrisp apples on a mailing list. A CSA farm to the west of here replied:

"There are other species of fruit (the wild serviceberries in my area, mayhaws...) for which [cedar apple] rust seems to completely ruin pretty much all of the fruit,..."

Well BLEEP. I sure hope the mayhaw flowers are pretty. Because i do have cedar apple rust. Lots of cedars. I also planted two wild type service berries in the woods in the gap the pine made when it fell during Hurricane Storm Ian. The crown of the pine had smashed branches off the one wild serviceberry i had identified. The tree is tall enough that, while i can see the white flowers in the spring, i've never seen berries. I assumed birds took care of them.

Hrmph.