I have a cooking apple tree which has had curled and dried out looking leaves for the past few years, It also has lines running across the leaves. However i have always had a very good crop of apples. Is there anything i can do to prevent it this year.
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The lines in the apple leaves are caused by the apple leaf miner, an insignificant pest that causes little harm tot he trees. The miner is the tiny larva of a small moth which feeds in the leaf between the upper and lower surfaces.
You could spray with a systemic insecticide when you see the first lines but it is not necessary.