A Guide to Pruning Fruit Trees  By Lewis Hill January/February
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Reasons for Pruning  Some gardeners enjoy pruning their fruit
trees and consequently do a good job. However, no one should
prune simply for the fun of it—you should know the reasons for
pruning. All of the following are equally important to the
health and maintenance of your trees:  Prune to get the tree off
to a good start. Although it isn't easy, you should cut back any
bare-rooted young tree at planting time. When we prune trees for
customers at the nursery, they wince and say that it looks as if
we are slaughtering the poor things, but we assure them that it
is one of the best t