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Are your apples looking mouldy or diseased? Here’s how to prevent more damage

So, you’re harvesting your autumn apples to find that the crispy crunch has been replaced by a mouldy mess, maggots have infested the fruits or scabs have formed on the outside. Here are a few of the things which may have happened, and how you can prevent them in future…

1. Codling moth If you’ve noticed maggots crawling within the fruits or simply the telltale holes, these are...