MA VT Flatlander
5 year old buck +
Lost a liberty I planted in 2013 at my Vermont property. It did not look good last year. Part of the central leader was dead last spring I thought it was winter kill on the limb tips. But this year it looked worse I removed the screen from the trunk, and spotted sawdust like frass on the bottom by the graft union. The tree broke right off there. It was completely dead. There was a very large larve inside below the graft at ground level.