It is the middle of winter here so a great time to prune my pip fruit trees, such as pears and apples. I have espaliered apple and pear trees along our boundary fences and walls. It a great use of space and the hard pruning encourages heavy fruiting. The basics of pruning is to remove any broken or diseased wood, any branches that cross over each other and any very old wood. The objective is to get light into all spaces of the tree so that fruit ripens.
I will be posting a 'how to prune fruit trees' on my web site soon.
Happy pruning.
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