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Apple
Presentations & Videos
Publications/Factsheets
- Training and pruning your home orchard. J. Olsen (OSU). PNW 400, revised 2011
- Guidelines on Pruning ‘Manchurian’ Crabapple for speck rot control. HortScience, 53(3):329-333, 2018, by Parama Sikdar, Mike Willett, Mark Mazzolla
- Identification of pruning branches in tall spindle apple trees for automated pruning. M. Karkee, et. al., Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2012
- Mechanical pruning in apples, pear and sweet cherry. K. Lewis, M. Whiting and S. Musacchi. WTFRC -FinalReport. 2015
Trade Articles
- Good to know: apple pruning 101. B. Sallato. Good Fruit Grower. December, 2023
- Click pruning techniques for Cosmic crisp. S. Musacchi. Good Fruit Grower. January 8, 2019
- Good to know: the 1-2-3 rule for renewal pruning. Bas van den Ende, Good fruit grower. February 15, 2020
- 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
Pear
Presentations & Videos
Publications/Fact Sheets
Trade Articles
Cherry
Presentations & Videos
Publications / Fact Sheets
Trade Articles
- Keeping limbs in line with mechanical pruning. Ross Courtney, TJ Mullinax. Good fruit grower, 2016.
- 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
Stone Fruit
Trade Articles