Cultural control methods (Blossom wilt)

• Remove infected blossoms and cankers. This is best done soon after blossom when the affected parts are easily visible rather than delaying until winter pruning.
• Removal of affected blossoms can be important where the disease incidence is high but is labour intensive and therefore expensive and never fully effective and not practically possible in cider orchards.
• However, it is an important part of integrated control and is the only method available in organic systems.