How to Prune Fruit Trees + Apple Tasting 101
Discover the Next Great Apple
Susan Poizner from Orchard People talks about how to have your own apple-tasting event, and explains how to prune fruit trees.
Susan Poizner, founder of Ben Nobleman Community Orchard in Toronto, talks about the upcoming apple-tasting fundraiser event for the orchard. Poizner is a college instructor, author of Grow Fruit Trees Fast and Growing Urban Orchards, and the founder of Orchard People.
At the virtual apple tasting, participants are guided through characteristics such as:
Smell
Flavour
Texture
The apples in the tasting were bred in Ontario — and have not yet been released.
An apple tasting event is something you can do yourself! Poizner shares tips on how to host your own apple-tasting event.
Pruning Fruit Trees
We also talk about how to prune fruit trees:
Why prune fruit trees
How to prune fruit trees
Winter vs. summer pruning
Water sprouts
When to cut off healthy branches
Whip cuts
Connect
Orchard People: orchardpeople.com
Ben Nobleman Community Orchard: communityorchard.ca