Identification

• Apple leaves are oval shaped, bright or dark green, and have toothed edges. The leaf's top has a dull sheen while the underside is fuzzy and often silvery.
  
  

Considerations

• Leaves with yellow spots may have cedar-apple rust. Smaller black blotches of fungus appear within the spot and entire leaves may yellow and fall. Leaves may also drop due to apple scab. This disease causes leaves to turn brown.
  
  

Warning

• Insects; including aphids, Japanese beetles and leaf miners; threaten leaves, All plague apple trees during the growing season. Only significant numbers of these insects can produce severe damage to the leaves and tree.
  
  

Fun Fact

• Each apple on a tree needs the energy from fifty leaves to help it grow.