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Pruning Mature Fruit Trees: Remove Dead, Crossing, and Vertical Wood

For unpruned mature fruit trees (apple, peach, cherry): winter—remove dead wood, limbs crossing center, slender upright shoots from horizontal branches. Space limbs symmetrically. Water and feed regularly during growing season for good production.

Pruning Fruit Trees from the Gwinnett County Extension Office

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