How to prune big old apple tree (tree old apple have dwarf)
Another choice would be to take some scion off the old tree and graft it onto a
decent dwarf rootstock, so it will start producing apples quicker. If it were in my
yard, it would have to go because I'm pressed for space and this thing takes up a
lot of it. There are many other interesting fruits you could plant in the space that
opens up. The tree is not attractive, and probably not worth the effort to restore
it, especially since you can preserve the apples with a newly grafted tree.
Sherwin D.
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