The branches of this young Fuji tree suffer from blind wood. Blind wood is a growth characteristic of certain fruit varieties, where buds at the basal ends of shoots remain dormant or blind. Apple varieties such as Granny Smith and Fuji and the pear variety Beurre Bosc suffer badly from blind wood. Blind wood hinders the development of fruiting units. Fruiting units are pieces of two-year-old and older wood that are attached to scaffold limbs and branches, and form the basis of the bearing capacity of apple and pear trees. The development of fruiting units starts when vegetative buds break […]