This training for young trees can take many forms, but the most common is central leader training. You can’t expect much fruiting in the first two to three years as the plant develops low branches for better fruiting. This causes the new tree to grow low branches and balances growth and the root system to keep the plant from getting top-heavy during establishment.
Pruning should be undertaken at planting time where you cut the new stem off 24 to 30 inches (61-76 cm.) from the ground and remove any side shoots. The best time for pruning fruit trees is at planting and in subsequent years, in early spring before buds break and trees are still dormant. Initial fruit tree pruning is important to help young trees produce thick stems and open canopies where light and air can enter and promote flowering, as well as reduce fungal and bacterial diseases. Most fruit trees don’t need pruning annually once they have been trained. Read on for some tips and techniques on fruit tree pruning. Proper pruning methods and timing are the keys to bountiful crops and healthy trees. Learning when to prune fruit trees will also create an open scaffold that is strong enough to bear all those beautiful fruits without breaking. As these prunes were stamped by the name of the port of embarkation of origin, they were known under the name " Prunes of Agen ".Timing and method of fruit tree pruning can enhance the amount and quality of your crop. They were embarked on "lighters", small boats with veil and of hallage, which transported on the Garonne the goods towards Bordeaux where they were transshipped on boats adapted to the navigation at sea. It is thanks to its port on the Garonne, that Agen became the main city of the shippings of prunes.
A new variety of plums is created, it is called Prune d’Ente (from old French "to graft" which means transplanting). It is in the XIIth century, on the return to the crusades, that the monks of the Abbey of Clairac in the valley of the Lot (between Agen and Villeneuve) had the idea to transplant local plum trees with new plants of plum trees of Damas returned by Syria. Due to its long conservation, prunes are meanly eaten during cold seasons or for long journey in caravans or during boat travels. The prune is a dried fruit with high nutritional values. Coming from China by the silk route, the plum tree became established in all the Mediterranean Basin at the instigation of the Greeks and Romain.ĭepending on the regions, plums were sun-dried or dried in oven.
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