New guide for training and pruning tender fruit trees

The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness has released a new guide, Publication 814A, for training and pruning tender fruit trees. As Kathryn Carter writes in the ONFruit newsletter, this guide replaces the discontinued Publication 392: Training and Pruning Fruit trees. Features of the new Training and Pruning Guide include:

• -  Overview of training and pruning tender fruit trees (peaches, plums, cherries, pears)
• -  Pruning and training impacts on labour efficiency, crop load management, disease management and fruit production
• -  Basic principles of training and pruning
• -  Highlight training systems used in tender fruit orchards