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Pruning apple trees in late winter can pay off with a bumper crop Late winter is the time to get out and give these old trees a hand. This wintertime work bears fruit and helps wildlife.
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 ...
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A community apple orchard originally planted for productive use during the 1920s, in Westcliff on Sea (Essex, England), illustrating long neglected trees that have recently been pruned to renew their health and cropping potential. Fruit tree pruning is the cutting and removing of selected parts of a fruit tree.
Apples have the highest chilling requirements of all fruit trees, followed by apricots and, lastly, peaches. Apple cultivars have a diverse range of permissible minimum chilling: most have been bred for temperate weather, but Gala and Fuji can be successfully grown in subtropical Bakersfield, California .
The extra time to cropping may be offset if new trees are planted a few years in advance of old trees finally falling over, furthermore, if the old orchard was grubbed— i.e. trees were healthy when removed, it is unlikely that replant disease would be a problem as pathogen levels may never have been high.
An open-centred crown on a short trunk of less than 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). This is a traditional and popular form for apple trees. Bush trees are easy to maintain and bear fruit at a young age. Final height is between 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) and 5.5 metres (18 ft), depending on which rootstock is used. [1]
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