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Frillylily said:I planted a resistant variety, it is planted in an open area of my yard w no other shrubs/trees around it, so it has plenty of air. It is raked and cleaned up meticulously. I have only had it planted 3 years and (4 summers) and for the past 3 summers by mid July most of the leaves look awful and many have fell off. It is a Robinson. I am thinking of taking it out I am so disappointed w it. I did drench the soil w a fungicide this spring, it does seem better this year, but I can still tell its there. There is no way to spray a mature tree and reach all of it, not feasible for the average homeowner. Better to just toss it out now before it gets any larger I guess.
I am thinking of replacing it w a clump amur maple.

Thats really disappointing, curious if you bought from a local nursery....would they replace it since its supposed to have "good" resistance. The local arb removed a lot of their crabs just because the manpower required to spray was too much. I have an old "Red Sparkler" which is spectacular in the spring, but really looks shoddy mid summer, I sprayed with Fung Onil for several years which really helped, but they are just to large and getting on a ladder sets me up for a stupid human trick. I still have them around when its perfect conditions they are spectacular and fragrant, people stop and take pictures of them...but thats only occasionally when there is no wind or downpours which wipes out the show. Plus the apple scab resides in junipers, so if there are any around, it really makes it tough.

A neighbor has a Prairie Fire and a Tina, which for the last 2 seasons has not shown any scab..yet!

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