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Training Mature Fruit Trees MSU Fruit Team Michigan State University Extension Educators for Horticultural & Marketing

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Training Mature Fruit Trees

MSU Fruit Team

Michigan State UniversityExtension Educators for Horticultural & Marketing

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Tree Fruit Pruning - Renovation

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Maintenance pruning

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Pruning Bearing Fruit Trees

Upright: generally too vigorous

Hanging: generally shaded, poor quality fruit

upright

hanging

lateral

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Rejuvenate? Just enjoy it, and plant the replacement

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Neglected apple

Poor quality shaded fruit

overhanging“umbrella”

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Remove upright limbs but keep “boss” limbs above the cut point to control regrowth at cut

point

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Renovating - spring year 1 -- before

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Renovating - spring year 1 -- after

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spring year 1,after cuttingKeep upright limbs to control point of

major cut

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Spring year 2, before cutting

Goal: remove excess side branches from scaffolds

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Spring year 2, after cutting

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Neglected apple 1 - before cut

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Neglected apple 1 - after cut

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Neglected apple #2 - before cut

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Neglected apple #2 - after cut

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Central leader apple before cut

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Central leader apple after cut

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Espalier (e spal’ yar)

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Candelabra

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Espalier - 3 designs

Horizontal Cordon

Candelabra Belgium fence

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Heading and bending for espalier system

Building espalier - source “Fine Gardening

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Horizontal cordon espalier

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Building espalier - source “Fine Gardening

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Building espalier continued

- source “Fine Gardening

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Free-form espalier

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