diseased plum tree?

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    Just wondered if its disease or a critter eating it away?
    No visible bugs or green fly.
    Thank you in advanc e
    Jemma
     

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    Hi Jemma, That looks more like physical pest damage...probably caterpillars. If the tree is not too big to spray, there's a treatment called bacillus thuringiensis which specifically controls them.
     
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