Pruning fruit trees helps maintain size and shape, and it's the best way to control your crop. Here's when to prune fruit trees by season and type of tree.

Want a healthy fruit crop? Early in the season, you may have to thin the fruit. Look for the healthiest, least damaged and largest among the cluster to keep and discard the others. Courtesy Johnson ...

Orcharding requires effort, but the resulting yields of fresh fruit make it all worthwhile. One of the most important aspects of growing fruit trees is pruning. This applies to large commercial and ...

Take the guesswork out of harvesting with our guide on how to prune a peach tree to yield bigger, better fruit.

After fruit was thinned to 8 inches apart, this 5-year-old tree still produced 84 large apples. Many fruit trees — including semidwarf varieties — can easily grow to 15 feet and taller. Anyone who has ...