This test planting, made early last year, looked like this already in July. Greg Lang shows off a UFO tree. Tall Spindle Axe—In this system, the central leader is the only permanent wood, and it is not headed until full tree height of about eight feet is achieved—and perhaps it won’t need to be headed at all before full fruiting commences. The rest of the tree is made up of temporary fruiting wood that is to be renewed on a five-year cycle (20 percent per year). The largest limbs will be cut back to a basal bud from which a […]