Sooty Blotch on apples

I’ve tried washing the apples from my tree that have sooty blotch according to the pictures I see on this website, but cannot get the botches off. I would prefer to eat the entire apple with the skin, but wonder if it is safe to do so. Please let me know or if there is something else I can do, such as giving the apples a bath of white vinegar or something else, to kill anything that could be harmful to me. Thank you, Nancy Molinari

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 09/22/2015 @ 2:14 am

Vigorous cleaning by rubbing the apples is recommended to wash the apples. There will be discoloration left on the apple skin.
You also can wash them in a diluted bleach solution though it is not necessary.
The fruit is safe to eat.
Here are a few articles for you.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/apples/sooty-blotch-treatment-apples.htm ^[1]
https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Extension%20Publications/Sooty%20Blotch%20and%20Flyspeck%20of%20Apple.pdf ^[2]

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[2] https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Extension%20Publications/Sooty%20Blotch%20and%20Flyspeck%20of%20Apple.pdf: https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Extension%20Publications/Sooty%20Blotch%20and%20Flyspeck%20of%20Apple.pdf

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