Spots on Apples

Hi/
My kids and I are growing apple, cherry snd pear trees in our backyard. It’s been quite the journey this last three years. Finally this year we have some apples, I will have to check, I forgot what variety this is.

Anyhow, some of the apples on various trees have developed these spots and we are wondering what they are and how to avoid them. We haven’t really been using any spreads other than copper in the winter and fall. I’m. It sure how old the tree in question really is, it’s about 8-9 feet tall but still a baby as it’s not very stout.

We live in the Seattle area. I have some of those red balls with sticky goo on them. As difficult as it is we are trying to avoid any pesticides.  I cut the apple open and didn’t see anything inside. It was just on the surface. We at the other half and it was yummy.

Thanks

that’s scab. it’s harmless/can be eaten. there are scab resistant varieties you could get. generally a healthy soil fungi/earthworm population can keep it in check - so a focus on soil health is probably the best thing you can do.

Thank you.