Sure, unpruned fruit trees can still produce a crop. But knowing how to prune fruit trees properly helps them be more productive and the fruit will be easier to harvest. This guide explains the ...

Standard-sized apple trees may grow to 35 or 40 feet in height. You might be able to keep a standard-sized tree under 20 feet tall through pruning, but the standard-sized apple tree is just too vig ...

The apple tree is screaming to be pruned! A large, old apple tree can take hours to prune. An option is to cut it down and plant several dwarf fruit trees. (Judy Scott) Anyone who buys or inherits ...

In our backyard, we have one especially beautiful older espaliered apple tree, producing gala, chehalis and gravenstein apples along three sets of paired horizontal branches grafted onto a central ...

Fully ripe and out of reach, the best fruit appears to grow in the top of the tree. Gardeners too short to gather the harvest will find little help from dwarf trees, but can bring the crop down to … ...

A famous horticulturist once said, “Of all the operations connected with horticulture, pruning, shaping and training bring the person into closest contact and sympathy with his plant.&#x201d… ...

Most fruit trees planted in eastern Idaho are grafted onto semi-dwarf rootstocks. Semi-dwarf trees can be kept in a size range of 10 to 12 feet with regular yearly pruning.

It’s difficult to find someone to prune several kinds of fruit trees. In fruit-producing areas, such skilled workers are easier to find.

No need to perch precariously on limbs or a ladder when pruning or harvesting. Most dwarf apple trees are created by grafting.