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2. How to Prune an Apple Tree So It Produces Fruit for ... - AOL

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   Over time, apple trees can grow too densely. The occasional pruning will help remove excess branches and leaf cover that shade the apples. Too much shade and many apples won’t ripen fully, or ...

3. Fruit tree propagation - Wikipedia

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   Apple tree size classes number from one to ten in increasing height and breadth. [2] A "1" is a dwarf which can be productive and as short as 3 feet (0.91 m) with proper pruning. A "10" is the standard sized tree with no dwarfing and will grow to 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and wide or more, dependent upon the variety chosen.

4. Agriculture Forum: Apple planting a highlight - AOL

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   With opportunities to plant trees, pull invasives and participate in other stewardship activities, a recent highlight was the heirloom apple planting event at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National ...

5. Grafting - Wikipedia

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   Most apple trees in modern orchards are grafted on to dwarf or semi-dwarf trees planted at high density. They provide more fruit per unit of land, of higher quality, and reduce the danger of accidents by harvest crews working on ladders. Care must be taken when planting dwarf or semi-dwarf trees.

6. List of companion plants - Wikipedia

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   Pine and oak trees create the acidic soil blueberries need. Strawberries and dewberries create healthy ground cover, clover fixes nitrogen for the blueberries' high needs, yarrow and bay laurel repel unhealthy insects. Each of the herbal companions listed also like the acidic soil the blueberry plant needs. Fruit trees: Various

7. Orchard - Wikipedia

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   Historical orchards have large, mature trees spaced for heavy equipment. Modern commercial apple orchards, by contrast and as one example, are often "high-density" (tree density above 370/ha or 150/acre), and in extreme cases have up to 22,000/ha (9,000/acre). These plants are no longer trees in the traditional sense, but instead resemble vines ...