Apple trees need regular pruning for size management, improved fruit production and quality, and strength to help them hold ...

Knowing how and when to prune apple trees will help you harvest more fruit. Plus, regular pruning produces sweeter, more ...

Pruning apple trees encourages growth and reduces the risk of disease. Prune apple trees in late winter or early spring to ...

Fruit thinning plays a crucial role in apple production, balancing crop load to ensure optimum fruit size, colour, firmness and overall quality. This cultural practice involves the deliberate removal ...

The North Olympic Fruit Club's mid-June newsletter offered home orchardists helpful advice on fruit thinning and watering. For this tardy apple grower, the information was a wake-up call to get out ...

Snowballs of bloom followed by miniature fruits tell of branches soon to be bowed by the weight of large and luscious peaches, apples, pears and plums. Large and luscious, that is, if you pluck some ...