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["Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>]

My Honeycrisp on Bud 9 is in its third season in the ground--planted April 
2004.  It's only 4 feet tall, and the scaffold branches, though well formed, 
are not very thick--about 1/2 inch in diameter.  This tree flowered and 
every blossom set fruit.  There was plenty of pollen due to a neighbor's 
Jonathan, my two crabapples and a Pixie Crunch all flowering at the same 
time.  Obviously, I'll have to thin, but can I leave any apples to mature on 
such a small tree?  Or will the weight of developing fruit adversely affect 
the immature scaffold branches?

Also, have you found Honeycrisp to be a tip bearer?  All the flower clusters 
were on branch tips that were not pruned in March.
Doreen Howard