Opinions on Dwarf vs. Semi-Dwarf

[krismoriah]

If you want alot of trees in a smaller space… i think the starting point is early training and pruning often.

Productivity… training branches and proper pruning will give earlier fruiting. … however if you want more fruit you will need to grow a bigger tree.

This is a good start.

Using Dave Wilson techniques to keep trees small

My trees are between 8 and ten years old. As I developed my orchard I added trees the first three years. These are only trees in the city. I have more than one orchard. So I wanted to keep them small. I never wanted full size trees. For years I wanted to grow fruit trees but it was impractical. Then I discovered you can keep trees small by pruning a few times a year. I decided to try it. As small fruit trees would be very doable for me. So do these techniques work? Judge for yourself Here is …