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Is cedar apple rust a problem in Indiana?

Answered for Avon, Hendricks County.

Common wherever red cedar has colonised a fence line near apples — which in rural Hendricks and Boone counties is nearly everywhere. In Avon, overwhelmingly young, nursery-planted stock: only 3.4% of Avon's housing predates 1960, so the typical "big tree" here is a 20-to-30-year-old subdivision planting rather than a legacy shade tree, with exceptions in the White Lick Creek bottomland and the fencerow remnants left when farm fields were platted. Ash is gone, and Avon's street tree ordinance actively steers right-of-way planting toward tall shade-producing species, reserving ornamentals for spots where space genuinely prevents a large tree. Disfiguring rather than deadly.

Avon's canopy and what's at risk

Overwhelmingly young, nursery-planted stock: only 3.4% of Avon's housing predates 1960, so the typical "big tree" here is a 20-to-30-year-old subdivision planting rather than a legacy shade tree, with exceptions in the White Lick Creek bottomland and the fencerow remnants left when farm fields were platted. Ash is gone, and Avon's street tree ordinance actively steers right-of-way planting toward tall shade-producing species, reserving ornamentals for spots where space genuinely prevents a large tree.

What to look for

Orange gelatinous horns on cedar in spring; orange spots on apple and crabapple leaves.

Whether the tree can be saved

Disfiguring rather than deadly. It matters most to orchards and to anyone who wants a clean crabapple.

Timing in Hendricks County

Fungicide on the apple side at bud break, or remove the cedars within a few hundred feet.

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