This morning nearly all apple cultivars at our AREC were showing some green. Above is the same Red Delicious bud that I pictured last Thursday. (The dark brown vertical structure is a leaf petiole hanging on from last year). Red Delicious fruit buds are at or near 1/2-inch green. Idared is a little more advanced with some cluster leaves curling back as they do for tight cluster stage.
The thunderstorm this morning gave us 0.45 inch of rain but it wasn't wet long enough for scab infection. Showers are forecasted again for this evening and tomorrow evening.
