Pruning & Training Resources

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Apple

Presentations & Videos

• Pruning Apple Trees: Basic Concepts WSU Extension. videos (English and Spanish)
• Horticultural systems and practices to facilitate mechanization in apples and pears. S. Musacchi (WSU TFREC). presentation, WSHA annual meeting, 2014

Extension Publications/Factsheets

• Training and pruning your home orchard. J. Olsen (OSU). PNW 400, revised 2011
• Guidelines on Pruning ‘Manchurian’ Crabapple for fruit rot control. C. Xiao (USDA-ARS), Y.R. Kim Pace Intl.), W.E. Jones (WSU), factsheet, 2014

WTFRC Reports

• WA 38 rootstock and systems trial. K. Evans, S. Musacchi, K. Lewis (WSU). WTFRC report, 2013

Trade Articles

• Fruiting wall concept expands: 2014 IFTA Italy. R. Lehnert, Good Fruit Grower, 2015
• Growing fruit without branches. B. van den Ende, Good Fruit Grower, 2015
• Which is better for growing apples, angled or upright? G. Warner, Good Fruit Grower, 2014
• Techniques & benefits of a fruit wall. R. Lehnert, Good Fruit Grower, 2014
• Spreading shoots of young apple trees. B. van den Ende, Good Fruit Grower, 2014
• Managing crab apple diseases. M. Hansen, Good Fruit Grower, 2014
• Adjust Honeycrisp crop early. G. Warner, Good Fruit Grower, 2014
• Honeycrisp: Grow it, then crop it. G. Warner, Good Fruit Grower, 2014
• The five most common mistakes (vertical and V-trellis systems). M. Hansen, Good Fruit Grower, 2014
• Pruning high-density orchards, T. Robinson (Cornell University), Fruit Growers News, 2011

Technical Articles

• Identification of pruning branches in tall spindle apple trees for automated pruning. M. Karkee, et. al., Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2012

Pear

Presentations & Videos

• Pruning Bartlett pears to optimize fruit quality. S. Musacchi (WSU-TFREC). video, 2014
• Innovation of current orchard systems to produce high quality. S. Musacchi (WSU TFREC). presentation, WSHA annual meeting, 2014
• Horticultural systems and practices to facilitate mechanization in apples and pears. S. Musacchi (WSU-TFREC). presentation, WSHA annual meeting, 2014
• Practical strategies to improve management and profitability of pear orchards. T. Einhorn (Oregon State University). presentation, WSHA annual meeting, 2014

Trade Articles

• Vigor control and promotion of fruiting of pear trees. Anonymous. Good Fruit Grower. Feb., 2013
• High-density system can increase pear yields. M. Milkovich. Fruit Growers News.  May, 2013
• The 1-2-3 rule of pruning, B. van den Ende, Good Fruit Grower, Jan., 2010

Cherry

Presentations, Videos & Websites

• High density SSA plantings: How we can optimize fruit quality. S. Musacchi, WSU-TFREC, presentation, WSHA annual meeting, 2014
• Opportunities to improve sweet cherry production efficiency, Dr. M. Whiting, WSU-IAREC, presentation, WSHA annual meeting, 2014
• Upright Fruiting Offshoots (UFO). Stone Fruit Physiology, WSU-CAHNRS, website with videos
• Gisela© cherry rootstocks. Virualorchard.net webpage with links to cherry pruning videos

Trade Articles

• Top 5 ways to grow large cherries, M. Hansen, Good Fruit Grower, 2013
• Evaluating cherry training systems, D. Eddy and B. Sparks, Growing Produce, 2012
• Cherry systems explained, R. Lehnert, Good Fruit Grower, 2011
• How to prune trees on Gisela, M. Hansen, Good Fruit Grower, 2010

Technical Articles

• New training systems for high-density planting of sweet cherry, S. Musacchi, et. al., HortScience, 2015

Stone Fruit

Trade Articles

• Peach training systems aren’t one-size fits-all, C. Herrick, Growing Produce, 2015
• Winning orchard designs, R. Lehnert, Good Fruit Grower, 2013
• Prune for size, B. Van den Ende, Good Fruit Grower, 2012