Lilia Caldeira, data technician for Dr. Roberto Nuñez-Elisea, measures a summer-pruned cherry tree planted next to the control (at right) that is dormant-pruned. Photo courtesy of OSU Is there another way to keep sweet cherry trees small—but still productive and yielding high quality fruit—without using dwarfing rootstocks? An Oregon State University researcher thinks so and is collecting data he hopes will demonstrate it. Cherry growers throughout the United States are interested in keeping trees small to reduce the need for ladders and create more pedestrian-style orchards. But there are orchard management challenges to cherry trees grown on both dwarfing and vigorous […]