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Reviving a neglected apple tree
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| scott 2006-01-26, 12:21 am |
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I recently bought a home in the Shenandoah Valley. There are several old
fruit trees on the property. Most have been neglected for many years. I
want to start trying to restore them a bit. The apple trees are first on
my list. One is a bit over 20 foot high. I don't think they've been
pruned for decades. How should I start with these trees? Can someone
point me to a source online that would help me with pruning them? It's
been 20 years since I lived in a house with enough yard to have any trees
so what little experience I've had is nearly gone from my memory.
Next project will be the mulberries. There are even a couple of white
ones that have been going wild for a long time. I'm told they were
planted in this area way back in an attempt to raise silk worms.
Thanks for any help
Scott
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| Dave in Columbus 2006-01-26, 2:21 am |
| On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:36:56 -0500, scott <scott-no-spam@lugaidh.com>
wrote:
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> I recently bought a home in the Shenandoah Valley. There are several old
> fruit trees on the property. Most have been neglected for many years. I
> want to start trying to restore them a bit. The apple trees are first on
> my list. One is a bit over 20 foot high. I don't think they've been
> pruned for decades. How should I start with these trees? Can someone
> point me to a source online that would help me with pruning them? It's
> been 20 years since I lived in a house with enough yard to have any trees
> so what little experience I've had is nearly gone from my memory.
> Next project will be the mulberries. There are even a couple of white
> ones that have been going wild for a long time. I'm told they were
> planted in this area way back in an attempt to raise silk worms.
>
>Thanks for any help
>Scott
They just did this on "This Old House Hour" the other day.
See:
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tvp...1147772,00.html
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Dave in Columbus
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| On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:53:20 -0500, Dave in Columbus wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:36:56 -0500, scott <scott-no-spam@lugaidh.com>
> wrote:
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> They just did this on "This Old House Hour" the other day.
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> See:
> http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tvp...1147772,00.html
Thank you, I'll check this out when I get home.
Scott
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