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Evergreen with jelly like substance


Question
I live in CT and I have an evergreen bush (I don't know what kind) that has orange, jelly like balls growing all over it.  What is this?  Can I get rid of it?  Is it dangerous to other nearby plants and bushes?

Thank you for your help.  

Answer
What you discribe is cedar apple rust. Normally it is a small green or brown ball on the cedar limbs but in the spring it puts out a fruiting body (the jelly looking substance) and produces spores that will travel with the wind to apple trees. Here spores are produced and they travel back to the cedar trees. It does not harm the cedar but will put spots on the apple leaves and fruit. Any disease called a "rust' takes two host (in the case cedar and apple) to complete its life cycle. It only effects cedar and apple trees.
Here is a web link that discribes cedar apple rust and its control.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/3000/3055.html

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