Brief advice on stone fruit and growing them successfully.

Experience and science have shown that maintaining good hygiene in the garden significantly reduces incidence of disease. Cutting out and destroying diseased tissue as soon as it appears. Removing diseased leaves that have fallen as soon as possible. If fungal or bacterial diseased fruit, leaves or wood is left on the tree or the soil surface it will very quickly and easily re-infect healthy tissue. The disease spores will also overwinter and infect pruning cuts or even healthy new growth in spring.