Training Mature Fruit Trees
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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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