For those with a flair for artistry, espaliers can be grown as living fences that provide organic demarcation of different ...

Fruit trees are pruned in order to train trees for production of greatest yield and highest quality fruit. Among the fruit trees requiring pruning are peaches, apricots, apples, pears and quince. Of ...

It is bare-root season for fruit trees as well as time to prune and a reminder: before Valentine’s Day spray peaches and nectarines for peach leaf curl. The most important pruning is the pruning of ...

Fruit trees are pruned and trained to obtain the greatest possible fruit yield and quality. A strong framework increases the life of the tree and reduces loss from limb breakage. Also, improved ...

Many positive results are being achieved using what’s known as the “Solaxe system” to increase productivity from fruit trees. On a recent tour of the Catoctin Mountain Orchard north of Frederick, ...

Fall has arrived and many gardeners soon will be thinking about planting shrubs and trees. Fall is a great time to consider planting a young fruit tree. Most fruit trees consist of a rootstock, which ...

One of the oldest advanced techniques of gardening — and one of my favorites — is espaliering, which involves shaping woody plants into two-dimensional shapes. Now, in bare root season, it’s timely to ...

Growing fruit on trees is a rewarding experience, but it comes with challenges. From pests and disease to climate stress or ...

Fruit trees add a countrified note to any plot, connecting even the smallest of urban yards to the noble history of agricultural self-sufficiency. Yet given its size at maturity, the pear tree you ...

All are invited to learn how fruit tree training and pruning done during the winter dormant season helps create a desired tree structure, directs new growth and encourages good spring fruit set at a ...

We can employ many tricks to grow more fruit in less space. One key strategy that is very useful to understand is growing fruits as cordons in small spaces. Though each cordon fruit tree and fruiting ...