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My father had an ornamental crab in the front yard that used to sucker 
a lot.  It wasn't a huge problem, but it was a nuisance and it was 
annoying to mow over the roots.  I can see that lack of suckers 
(especially if coupled with roots that stay underground) would be an 
advantage even if you only have one or two trees.  But I agree that 
pruning that can be done in pleasant weather while standing on the 
ground is low on the list of "Troublesome tasks" for a home grower with 
one or two trees.  Spraying, pruning up high, thinning fruit, and 
picking all the fruit (or picking it up off the ground before it rots) 
are all more onerous.

Ginda


On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 08:18  PM, Kevin Bradley wrote:

> It had never made much sense to me why there is such a concern about 
> suckering since you can prune the suckers off in weather that is not 
> friendly to fireblight UNTIL I realized that commercial growers have a 
> "bottom line" to consider and that for hundreds of trees that much 
> extra work would be very significant to the profit margin. However, as 
> a homegrower with just a few trees, isn't it just a little more 
> pruning?
>
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