Feathered – with many branches up the main stem occasionally.The ‘maiden’ trees supplied will either be: Standard – 1.8m / 6′ (suitable for apples on M25, Perry Pears on Wild Pear, Cherries on Wild Cherry F12.1 & Plums on Brompton).Maximum for Apples on MM106 & Pears on Quince A)

Half standard – 1.35m / 4’6″ (Plums on St Julien A.Tall bush – 1m / 36-42″ (Apples on M26 (maximum), MM106, Pears on Quince A, Cherries on Gisela 5 & Plums on Pixy).Bush – 0.75m / 30″ (Apples on M26, Pears on Quince C & Cherries on Gisela 5).The below heights of clear stem should serve as a guide: The length of clear stem greatly depends on the rootstock vigour – dwarfer rootstocked trees will only support a short clear stem whereas a variety on a vigorous rootstock will support a long clear stem. In this case we are pruning to develop a bush tree – a tree of a goblet shape above a clear stem. Once fruiting, pruning to maintain a balance between growth and fruiting.As suppliers of young fruit trees we are most interested in customers getting the first stage correct – developing the shape of the tree by building a framework of branches for the future.īelow we deal with the early development of Bush trees, Espaliers & Cordons Bush Trees.Early hard pruning to develop the shape of the tree.Essentially there are three stages to pruning:

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