The spots usually have a distinct target appearance, with rings of yellow or light brown, alternating with green, then later pink or red. The target-like appearance becomes more prominent as the fruit ripens. Fruit spots are very distinctive and are usually enough to identify this disease. The fruit spots may be anywhere on the fruit. Similar diseases .
Similar diseases exhibit somewhat different symptoms.
Early blight fruit spots are generally at the stem end of the fruit. They are large and brown. These spots often crack. The leaf symptoms for early blight are very different. Vascular wilts do not have the orange flecks on the leaves, or the target-like spots on the fruits.