Ripening fruits brown and shrivel as they become covered with tan to gray masses of spores. While many fruits fall, some shrivelled mummies are left on the tree. Spots may fall away leaving a shot hole appearance. Infected leaves yellow and fall prematurely. Necrotic ringspot Leafing out is delayed in the spring on individual branches or the entire tree.
Leaves are smaller than normal and few in number.
Leaf margins are wavy and blades are rough. Spots on the leaf die and fall out. Bark splitting and branch dieback occurs on severely affected plants. This virus can be transmitted mechanically, through grafting, through seed and in pollen. Destroy infected trees.