About a dozen or so years ago, a fellow from the South Eastern Minnesota
Apple Industry (I forgot his name) wrote a book/pamphlet called, "Plant them
tight and manage them right." In it he extolled the benefits of close
spacing of apple trees, like 4' apart. Because of the (claimed) benefits, I
was almost ready to start ordering trees, but, thinking the better of it, I
decided I wanted to confront him with a few questions. During our phone
conversation, he happened to mention that he was talking about columnar
apple trees, a fact that he hadn't mentioned in his book. Oh joy! I wonder
how many folks followed his advice without knowing what type of tree he
wrote about.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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[NAFEX] Planting trees 2-3' apart,
Jim Fruth, 06/04/2008