Training and Pruning Your Home Orchard
PNW0400
December 31, 2010
$3
Training fruit trees helps them to develop a strong sturdy structure that will support years of high-quality
productivity. This 12-page bulletin provides all you need to know about training and pruning fruit and nut trees, including the
fundamental tools required,
how to problem solve different tree-branching systems, and applying the basics to different fruit and nut
trees (including dwarfs
and spurs). Supplemented by seventeen helpful illustrations, soon you'll be successfully maintaining your
orchard, whether it
contains apple, pear, sweet and sour cherry, peach, fig, plum, walnut, hazelnut or apricot trees, among many
others.
Authors: Jeff Olsen, Robert L. Stebbins
12 pages
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