Common Sweet Cherry - Shot-hole/Black Leaf Spot

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Shot-hole or Black Leaf spot (bacterium - Xanthomonas pruni): This bacterium also attacks peach and plum. The infected tissue dries up and falls out leaving a one-eighth inch diameter hole. It also causes a canker and gummosis of the stem. See the section on peach diseases for more detail.