I have a small 3-acre orchard, half of which are long-established red spy and McIntosh, which I have rehabbed reasonably well over the past 6 years.
I could use advice on pruning the larger open-center trees, especially what to do on the top scaffold limbs. How many of the suckers to eliminate, how to stop telephone-pole development and so forth. There is an excellent peach-pruning video on the UMass Fruit Advisor which greatly clarifies the strategy for pruning peach trees. There is also a good one on central leader apples on short root-stock. Can someone point me to a comparable video, or clear written advice, to deal with the pruning strategy for the heirloom open-center trees, especially the top level of the canopy? Thanks. Regards, SRK Steven R. Kanner, MD 12 Bypass Road Lincoln, MA 01773 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]
