flowering crab tree

The leaves are drying up and falling off, and the bark is also drying and flaking off.

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 08/11/2017 @ 9:43 pm

From the symptoms it sounds as if your crabapple has apple scab caused by the fungus Venturia inaequalis that also infects eating apples.
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https://www.extension.umn.edu/garden/yard-garden/trees-shrubs/managing-apple-scab/ ^[2]

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