For apples and pears, removing the shoots of primary and secondary branches promotes faster flowering. And for trees ... for pruning and training that help growers with less space produce plenty of ...

The profusion of tangled branches on an unpruned apple tree can look confusing to a beginner. Get started by making six basic pruning cuts.

“I’ve used espalier with plums, apples, pears ... it can be easy to make mistakes regardless. “Over-pruning can harm young ...

I saw my first espaliered apple trees growing on a fence while ... Dwarf or semi-dwarf trees are easier to prune and work well in small urban spaces. Many fruit trees also need a second variety ...

Pruning also improves air circulation and allows more sunlight to reach the tree’s canopy, which helps reduce disease and insect pressure. In apple trees, diseases such as apple scab and powdery ...

The term espalier refers to the way fruit trees are trained to grow against a wall. It makes the tree easier to prune and the fruit easier to pick. This decorative method was often used ...

Apple trees can grow very large, but their size can be managed by pruning them to a two-dimensional espalier shape and by choosing trees that have been grafted onto dwarf or miniature root stock.