If left to grow naturally, a fruit tree will produce lots of limbs and branches, with a minimum amount of seed-laden fruit to reproduce itself with. However, a fruit tree can be made to grow more fruit with less limbs and branches by following any of three basic tree shape styles: The central leader style, the modified central leader, and the open center tree style. Pa Mac explains these three styles of tree shapes in this edition of The Farm Hand’s Companion Farm Bulletin—along with explaining thinning cuts, selective, and non-selective heading cuts for apple, peach, plum, and all other types of fruit trees in the orchard of the small farm or homestead.
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Planting Heirloom Apple Trees on the Small Farm:
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Apple Tree Mulching:
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