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Want a tree that produces healthy fruit? Prune it!

Want a tree that produces healthy fruit? Prune it! If you don’t prune your fruit tree, you’re leaving it susceptible to disease and over-fruiting, which damages the tree’s health and reduces the quality of fruit. You don’t want that!
Here are 3 main forms commonly used for shaping your young fruit trees:
1. Central leader: Picture a Christmas tree.
2. Open centre: Vase-shaped with 3 or 4 main limbs growing outward and upward.
3. Modified Central Leader: This is a hybrid that starts as a central leader and then becomes an open centre.
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Looking to buy a fruit tree? Here are a few places

Looking to buy a fruit tree? Here are a few places that we suggest:
~LEAF (Local Enhancement & Appreciation of Forests) is dedicated to promoting and protecting indigenous plants and trees, and offer a range of subsidized trees and tree planting services
~Tree Mobile Toronto is a volunteer non-profit that offers a wide variety of indigenous and climate appropriate food bearing trees. They offer pick-up, delivery, and planting services in late April / early May. They also offer grants for community initiatives and private gardens.
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Did you know your tree is more likely to produce m

Did you know your tree is more likely to produce more fruit if that part of the tree is exposed to sunlight vs those branches that are shaded? Make sure the top of the tree is pruned well to evenly distribute sunlight throughout your tree.
How much do I prune off for apple and pear trees?

Aim to take between 10-20% of the overall canopy off in any one winter. Evenly prune the trees but don't over trim. You can always prune more again next year.
Happy pruning!

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Why should you prune your fruit tree? According t

Why should you prune your fruit tree?
According to cesonoma.ucanr.edu, your tree is more likely to produce more fruit if that part of the tree is exposed to sunlight vs those branches that are shaded. The fruit is also more likely to be larger.
So make sure the top of the tree is pruned well to evenly distribute sunlight throughout your tree.
Happy pruning!
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