Fruit of some apple cultivars tend to crack during the second half of the growing season. Sometimes cracking is limited to the stem end, and other times, the skin will split on other areas of the fruit surface. Cracking occurs most frequently during periods of high humidity following rains. Absorption of rain water through the skin, combined with the uptake of water from the roots, results in rapid enlargement of cells within the fruit. The internal pressure from the enlarged …
Other Challenges of Growing Apples
- Effect of Temperature on Apple Trees
- Effect of Water on Apple Trees: Not Enough or Too Much?
- Timing of Apple Tree Bloom
- Apple Fruit Thinning
- Hail Injury on Apple Trees and Fruit
- Effect of Wind on Apple Trees
- Sunburn of Apple
- Pre-harvest Drop
- Sunscald of Apple
- Sunscorch of Apple
- Fruit Cracking of Apple
- Bitter Pit and Calcium Deficiencies in Apple Fruit
- Apple Skin Russetting