English Hawthorn Blight

[RKatzin]

All my English Hawthorn have a weird growth that forms at the base of the new shoots, effectively killing the shoot. It looks like a little orange worm curling around the stem.
I have several other Hawthorn, monogyna and media, and none of them are affected. I've never had anything like this, is this a gall? How do I treat it?

 

[BethF]

Looks like it has cedar-hawthorne rust or cedar-quince rust. Treat it with a fungicide such as Immunox or copper spray. Prune out the infected portions of the tree.

 

[RKatzin]

Thanks for the reply. I'll do some research on this. I have been removing all affected parts, luckily I missed one so I could get a pic.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I am using Daconil on my hawthorn to combat this Cedar-Apple Rust to good effect this year.