What caused this on my yellow delicious?

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jamlover Delhi, IA Sep 20, 2006

I sprayed with a fruit tree spray 3 or 4 times, but probably not enough. What caused the brown marks on the skin. Appears to be only on the surface. There seems to be some rust on the tree leaves.

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jamlover Delhi, IA Sep 20, 2006

Another shot closer up. It's a yellow delicious tree.

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jamlover Delhi, IA Sep 20, 2006

Probably two problems. Here's a close-up of something on the side of fruit.

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Penn_Pete Glen Rock, PA Sep 21, 2006

The round dark spots appear to be some kind of apple scab, no biggie. The brown skin is called russetting, don't know what causes that, around here it is blamed on varietal characteristics and cultural conditions.

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jamlover Delhi, IA Sep 21, 2006

Thanks for the info. I will research both ideas.

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Indy Alexandria, IN(Zone 6a) Sep 23, 2006

Golden Delicious seems more prone to russeting and in my case...freckleing.....especially on the north side of the tree.

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