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Apple Trees - Pruning and Selection
Learn all about apple trees, including how they can be employed in landscape design. Tips on selecting apple trees is followed by information on apple tree care, which includes pruning apple trees. Qualities of different varieties discussed, including their taste and the climate zones in which they thrive.

Pruning Apple Trees
"Pruning apple trees brings fear and trepidation to gardeners. Pruning apple trees improves the tree's vigor and fruit production. But it just seems so complicated," writes Marie Iannotti. About's Gardening Guide simplifies matters for you by showing you, in pictures, how to prune apple trees.

Dwarf Fruit Trees
"Dwarf fruit trees produce regular sized fruit on smaller trees. A three to four foot high apple tree might produce up to 45 apples of a regular apple variety," writes Lesley Shepherd. Learn more about dwarf fruit trees in this article from About's Guide to Miniatures.

Greenwood Nursery
Greenwood Nursery supplies top quality plants wholesale to the public. Their inventory of inexpensive plants includes both ornamental trees and fruit trees, as well as bushes. They're also a resource for gardening products and landscaping tips. Whether it's buying apple trees or learning about pruning them, the Greenwood Nursery site is worth a visit.

Spacing for Apple Trees and Other Fruit Tree Care
This is Part I of a two-part article on the care of fruit trees. It begins with general considerations for planting fruit trees and culminates in a table detailing how much space different types of fruit trees require. Apple trees, for instance, need to be spaced at 25' intervals. Part II (see link below) treats of chilling requirements.

Fruit Tree Care: Chilling for Apples Trees, Etc.
Part II of an article on the care of fruit trees, providing a table with examples of chilling requirements for the production of various fruit trees, including apple trees. Apple trees, for instance, need 300-1200 hrs. of chilling. Fruit trees can greatly the real estate value of your property, because they're both attractive and functional.

Pruning Apple Trees
Guide to pruning apple trees. Explanations of techniques, supplemented with pictures. When to engage in pruning apple trees and how to shape them.