January 15th 2010 Issue

The 1-2-3 rule of pruning

Turn wood into fruit on apple and pear trees.

Editor’s note:This story was updated in 2020 — Good to Know: The 1-2-3 rule for renewal pruning Two-year-old wood and young spurs produce the most and best Packham pears. The largest and best quality apples and pears grow on two-year-old wood and young spurs. To develop two-year-old wood, prune trees according to the 1-2-3 rule of renewal pruning. This rule ensures that the fruiting wood remains young and productive. Your trees are as young as the fruiting wood. Using a pear tree as an example, here is how you use the 1-2-3 rule. 1. The 1 of the 1-2-3 rule […]

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January 15, 2010

Production, Apples, Pears, Bas van den Ende

Bas van den Ende

Bas van den Ende was a research scientist with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, Australia, for 30 years, specializing in the management and production of fruit trees. He was responsible for the development and commercialization of the Tatura Trellis. In 1989 he moved to the USA where he worked as a technical consultant. He returned to Australia in 1995 to become a consultant.

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