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[lee reich <lreich@hvc.rr.com>]

In my experience, response will vary from year to year because over most of continental US, growing conditions vary so much from year to year as far as temperatures, rainfall, and humidity. This is one reason that recommendations for pruning espaliered apples and pears, which originated in the relatively consistent growing conditions of northern Europe, do not work so well here as far as developing fruit buds.

Lee Reich, PhD

www.leereich.com

Books by Lee Reich:

Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden

A Northeast Gardener's Year

The Pruning Book

Weedless Gardening

On Nov 23, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:

   Earlier this year, 'Summer Topping of Apple Trees' was a subject of

discussion.  Like others had done, I also had topped my apple trees in early

Spring only to have them 'grow hair', so to speak.  I did not wish to do

that again so I took up the Summer topping suggestion.  It worked.  No

abnormal growth.  New growth sprouted or grew as though the trees hadn't

been topped at all.  If timing makes a difference, I topped my trees when

the fruit was about 3/4" in diameter.  I was installing zip-lock bags and,

when I realized that I couldn't reach the highest fruits, I decided it was a

good time to top the trees.

-- 

Jim Fruth

Brambleberry Farm

Pequot Lakes, MN

www.bberryfarm.com 

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