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[derry and bill <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>]

Tom,

I'd switch to summer-pruning those old trees. Summer-pruning is well-suited 
to the
home gardener.

See my web site for details: http://derrysorchardandnursery.ca


Derry

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Derry Walsh & Bill Chase
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Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
phone/fax (604) 856-9316
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:
: My father inlaw has a mix of dwarf and standard sized apple trees.  At age
: 78 he relented and allowed me to prune the standard trees.  His knees are
: bad, and he has no business being on a ladder.
:
: Anyway, many of the standard trees have knots of suckers in their crowns.
: The knots having formed from years and yeats of sucker pruning.
:
: Should these knots be sawn off, or just prune the sucker?
: Tom