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Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees
- From: WENDY & RANDY GRAY <hoemangray AT embarqmail.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:46:16 -0400 (EDT)
Hi -
Here in the Hood River valley in Oregon we have lots of fruit trees...a 35' pear tree amazes me! The trees here are pruned very early in their lives to get the desired shape for future years and there are a variety of "methods" depending upon what you what later on. For additional information, I'm sure the Hood River County Experiment station has information they could share with you.
From my limited exposure (my husband/brother in-law used to be orchardists - pears, apples, cherries), they prune in the very early spring, removing large branches (with pole mounted chainsaws) or lopers and really "open" the trees up. They use the 3-legged ladders - the tallest is 12' - to get up into the middle of the trees as needed.
At home, we have a gala, golden, and Stark Crimson pear and they are on dwarf rootstock and still get to be 15' tall, but we can still prune most of them from the ground.
Here's a link that might be of use:
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/story.php?S_No=563&storyType=news
I'm sure Clark Seavort or Steve Castagnoli at the station would be happy to help if you called them. They probably even have a pruning primer they could send!
The Good Fruit Grower is also a great source and may even have pictures of the various methods (i.e. central leader, multiple leader, and other names I can't remember).
Good luck...and be safe...a pallet on a tractor up high scares me!
Wendy in OR
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From: "lucy Owsley" <boulderbelt AT voyager.net>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:13:44 AM (GMT-0800) America/Los_Angeles
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees
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[Market-farming] farm names,
Errol Castens, 08/26/2008
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[Market-farming] Farm names,
Wyatt Jones, 08/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Farm names,
lucy Owsley, 08/27/2008
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[Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees,
Glen Eco Farm, 08/28/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees,
mcoldiron, 08/28/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees,
lucy Owsley, 08/29/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees, WENDY & RANDY GRAY, 08/29/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees,
lucy Owsley, 08/29/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees, Willie McKemie, 08/29/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees,
mcoldiron, 08/28/2008
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[Market-farming] Equipment for pruning large fruit trees,
Glen Eco Farm, 08/28/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Farm names,
lucy Owsley, 08/27/2008
- [Market-farming] Farm names, Wyatt Jones, 08/27/2008
- [Market-farming] Farm names, Jenny Albert, 08/28/2008
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