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Fruit & Orchards
veggievicki

creating quasi columnar trees

veggievicki
10 years ago

I understand that only certain varieties of fruit trees can be made into columnar trees. But is it possible to prune back pretty aggressively to a relatively small canopy? Do I have to research into what varieties can be pruned like this?

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