Topic: wots eating me apples

[GRACELAND]

ok   experts   i have some cordon apple trees the grow on a fence type ,  some thing is eatting the skins off the apples any idea  picture on way

[GRACELAND]

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[johhnyco15]

slugs and snails i would say

[Palustris]

Lots of choices, Blackbirds, molluscs, wasps, all will chew them.

[johhnyco15]

Lots of choices, Blackbirds, molluscs, wasps, all will chew them.

not sure about the blackbirds they tend to stab the fruit however it could be wasps but my money is still on the molluscs

[ancellsfarmer]

 Any evidence of silvery trails?, mouse droppings? Are these being damaged on the cordon or on the ground? Might it be woodlice or earwigs?

[saddad]

Rodents, mice, rats or possibly squirrels. Looking at the grooves.

[Digeroo]

I would also go for the molluscs.  We have rodents and squirrels here but they do not seem to go for the apples.

[gazza1960]

cant offer an opinion on the culprits ...but can I order a dozen once they have skinned them as me poor ol mum don't do skin
with her dentures but can gum a skinned and cored apple fast as lighting........

Gazza

[strawberry1]

I found a few like that, double tracks and big apples on the ground. I didn`t rescue them to eat as I think they were eaten by rats, the two lines of teeth. I soon picked the apples off that tree, before they fell off

[squeezyjohn]

If you can see double grooves in the flesh of the apple it's some sort of rodent - probably mice or rats - the grooves are from their rodent incisors scraping at the flesh.  If there are no obvious toothmarks (I can't see any on your pics) then it's probably slugs and snails - although woodlice are often quick on the act with apples too - but they tend to dig deep narrow holes in the fruit.