Fruit tree forms
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Fruit trees are grown in a variety of shapes, sometimes for aesthetic appeal but mainly to encourage fruit production. The form or shape of fruit trees can be manipulated by pruning and training. Shap
A test site with several fruit tree forms located at Gaasbeek Castle
A community apple orchard originally planted for productive use
Description of the Bouché-Thomas fruit tree form
Photo of the LePage fruit tree form
Fruit tree pruning
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Fruit tree pruning is the cutting and removing of selected parts of a fruit tree. It spans a number of horticultural techniques. Pruning often means cutting branches back, sometimes removing smaller l
Fruit tree forms
…a variety of shapes, sometimes for aesthetic appeal but mainly to encourage fruit production. The form or shape of fruit trees can be manipulated by pruning and training. Shaping and promoting a particular tree form is undertaken to establish the plant in a particular situation under certain environmental…
Agricultural workers pruning an apple tree c. 1915-1918
An apple tree sprout is being converted to a branched, fruit-bearing spur by an arborist. Numbers show the sequence of cuts, which occurred during two years.