May 7, 2020 · The USDA considers plums with healed scars to have a “quality defect.” Plums with open wounds, however, are deemed seriously damaged and expected to further deteriorate.

If you are inspecting President Plums, shriveling is much more common. For this reason the USDA allows an area of up to a 1/2 inch of shriveling extending from the stem scar.

Jun 21, 2009 · Write-ups on leaf rollers show leaf damage and mention fruit damage, but they don't show pictures of these scars.

Any amount in excess of 1/2 inch from the stem or stem scar would be considered a defect. Shriveling is always considered serious damage.

Feb 26, 2021 · Citrus fruit scarring is the result of damage done to the rind and/or flesh of the fruit while growing. Scarring of citrus fruit can occur for a variety of reasons, and when grown …

Scars initiated on 10-14 mm fruit (week of June 11) show a distinct stem and strongly resemble a mushroom (or the cloud of an atomic bomb) (Figure 3). By 6 days after egglaying, even the …

Scars, including those caused by hail, when the surface of the fruit is depressed more than one-sixteenth inch, or when exceeding any of the following aggregate areas, or a combination of …

May 15, 2020 · Plum curculio is active. Be on the lookout for crescent-moon shaped oviposition scars on fruit. While adults are active and fruit needs to be protected soon after petal fall and …

Plum curculio, a snout weevil, attacks young fruitlets as they begin to grow to size of one-half inch in diameter. The plum curculio adult lays eggs directly into the fruit during a period of 5 to 7 …

Feb 15, 2025 · The red plum blossoms outside the window suddenly shook wildly, and Ruixue heard the sound of the black and white impermanence's chains ringing in the corridor.