Apples ripening on old tree in central Virginia. Tree has not been sprayed with pesticides or fungicides, so apples have developed fungal diseases cal

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Apples ripening on old tree in central Virginia. Tree has not been sprayed with pesticides or fungicides, so apples have developed fungal diseases called sooty blotch and fly speck, which would make them unmarketable. Organic apples of market quality are difficult to grow in the east due to the prevalence of disease organisms, such as the sooty blotch and fly spot fungi, that thrive in high relative humidity.

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