Pruning apple trees

The weather is nice.  No snow on the ground.  I decided it would be a good time to prune my two apple trees for the year.

While I could, and perhaps should, trim the trees lower in height, I decided not to.  Overall I am happy with the number of apples I get from each tree.  I decided to mainly trim the new branches growing upward since my last pruning job last Winter.  And to thin the interior branches to give the apples a chance to get air and sun.


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