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Pruning WA 38 with Andres Romero (English subtitles). Good Fruit Grower. Host. B. Sallato. 2024
Pruning Basics with Bernardita Sallato. (English subtitles). Good Fruit Grower. Host. B. Sallato 2024
Honeycrisp crop load management. Bruce Allen. IFTA – Good Fruit Grower summary video. Host. B. Sallato.
Understanding the click pruning technique. S. Musacchi. Good Fruit Grower. February 15, 2017.
The Cosmic Gospel: video. S. Musacchi. Good Fruit Grower. March 26, 2018

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

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

Mechanical pruning in apples, pear and sweet cherry. K. Lewis, M. Whiting and S. Musacchi. WTFRC -FinalReport. 2015

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 training systems. L. Long, G. Lang, S. Musacchi, and M. Whiting. PNW 667. 2015
New training systems for high-density planting of sweet cherry, S. Musacchi, F. Gagliardi and S. Serra. ASHS. 2015
Mechanical pruning in apples, pear and sweet cherry. K. Lewis, M. Whiting and S. Musacchi. WTFRC -FinalReport. 2015

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

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