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-Correct pruning increases the health of fruit trees & improves the quality of fruit.+_Correct pruning increases the health of fruit trees & improves the quality of fruit._
  
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-All about apples: Andy Howard shares his knowledge and enthusiasm for different varieties of apple.+_All about apples: Andy Howard shares his knowledge and enthusiasm for different varieties of apple._
  
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-Pear trees will give you beautiful blossom as well as delicious fruit. Image: [David Hawgood](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pear_tree_\(Pyrus\)_in_blossom,_Kew_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166662.jpg), [CC BY-SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)+_Pear trees will give you beautiful blossom as well as delicious fruit. Image: [David Hawgood](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pear_tree_\(Pyrus\)_in_blossom,_Kew_Gardens_-_geograph.org.uk_-_166662.jpg), [CC BY-SA 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)_
  
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-2000 apple varieties have been grown in UK: some to be eaten in August, others in March; some for cooking, others for cider; some grow well in the west, others in the north. A good place to see & taste this wide variety is at apple days.+_2000 apple varieties have been grown in UK: some to be eaten in August, others in March; some for cooking, others for cider; some grow well in the west, others in the north. A good place to see & taste this wide variety is at apple days._
  
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-Very clear video on how to prune young apples trees, and maintain older trees, to encourage fruit production.+_Very clear video on how to prune young apples trees, and maintain older trees, to encourage fruit production._
  
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-Chip budding is a good type of graft to use to propagate most types of fruit trees.+_Chip budding is a good type of graft to use to propagate most types of fruit trees._
  
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-Learn some grafting technques for apples, pears and other fruit trees.+_Learn some grafting technques for apples, pears and other fruit trees._
  
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-Not apples, but Asian pears; they crop reliably with delicious fruit – here in a forest garden in East Sussex.+_Not apples, but Asian pears; they crop reliably with delicious fruit – here in a forest garden in East Sussex._
  
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 You can get rootstocks and grafts from good tree nurseries. You can also learn to graft yourself. Usually nurseries do it for you, and provide you with a small tree, or if you know what graft and rootstock, or what kind of tree you want to end up with, they can graft to order. Unusual varieties can be obtained from the national collection at Brogdale, and they can also graft to order. We know of one specialist nursery - [Cool Temperate Nursery](http://www.cooltemperate.co.uk/) in Nottinghamshire - who supply apple trees grown on their own roots, rather than grafted. Research indicates that these trees are better able to cope with poor soils and droughts, and that their fruit has better flavour and nutrition, and keeps better. You can get rootstocks and grafts from good tree nurseries. You can also learn to graft yourself. Usually nurseries do it for you, and provide you with a small tree, or if you know what graft and rootstock, or what kind of tree you want to end up with, they can graft to order. Unusual varieties can be obtained from the national collection at Brogdale, and they can also graft to order. We know of one specialist nursery - [Cool Temperate Nursery](http://www.cooltemperate.co.uk/) in Nottinghamshire - who supply apple trees grown on their own roots, rather than grafted. Research indicates that these trees are better able to cope with poor soils and droughts, and that their fruit has better flavour and nutrition, and keeps better.
  
-See our [further info section](/frui/fruit_trees) for step-by-step and month-by-month guides to growing tree fruit.+See our [further info section](https://www.lowimpact.org/categories/fruit-trees-orchards/further-info) for step-by-step and month-by-month guides to growing tree fruit.
  
  
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 - [Step-by-step guides to growing 12 different fruit trees](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/step-by-step-guides-to-growing-12-different-kinds-of-fruit-trees/) - [Step-by-step guides to growing 12 different fruit trees](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/posts/step-by-step-guides-to-growing-12-different-kinds-of-fruit-trees/)
-- [Month-by-month guides to growing fruit & veg](/vegg/vegetable_growing)+- [Month-by-month guides to growing fruit & veg](https://www.lowimpact.org/categories/plants/vegetable-growing/further-info/)
 - [ABC Science](https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2001/06/06/275069.htm?site=science/greatmomentsinscience) - how to stack apples to avoid bruising - [ABC Science](https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2001/06/06/275069.htm?site=science/greatmomentsinscience) - how to stack apples to avoid bruising
 - [Orchard Network](https://ptes.org/campaigns/traditional-orchard-project/orchard-network/community-orchards/) - find community orchards in the UK - [Orchard Network](https://ptes.org/campaigns/traditional-orchard-project/orchard-network/community-orchards/) - find community orchards in the UK
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