How to Prune Fruit Trees + Apple Tasting 101

Fruit
Written By Steven Biggs

Discover the Next Great Apple

Susan Poizner from Orchard People talks about how to have your own apple-tasting event, and explains how to prune fruit trees.

Susan Poizner, founder of Ben Nobleman Community Orchard in Toronto, talks about the upcoming apple-tasting fundraiser event for the orchard. Poizner is a college instructor, author of Grow Fruit Trees Fast and Growing Urban Orchards, and the founder of Orchard People.

At the virtual apple tasting, participants are guided through characteristics such as:

  • Smell

  • Flavour

  • Texture

The apples in the tasting were bred in Ontario — and have not yet been released.

An apple tasting event is something you can do yourself! Poizner shares tips on how to host your own apple-tasting event.

More about the orchard and the event

Pruning Fruit Trees

We also talk about how to prune fruit trees:

  • Why prune fruit trees

  • How to prune fruit trees

  • Winter vs. summer pruning

  • Water sprouts

  • When to cut off healthy branches

  • Whip cuts

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Steven Biggs

Recognized by Garden Making Magazine as one of the "green gang" of Canadians making a difference in horticulture, Steven Biggs is a horticulturist, former college instructor, and award-winning broadcaster and author. His passion is helping home gardeners grow food in creative and attractive ways.


He’s the author of eight gardening books, including the Canadian bestseller No Guff Vegetable Gardening. His articles have appeared in Canada’s Local Gardener, Mother Earth News, Fine Gardening, Garden Making, Country Guide, Edible Toronto, and other magazines.


Along with over 30 years working in the horticultural sector and a horticultural-science major at the University of Guelph, Steven’s experience includes hands-on projects in his own garden including wicking beds, driveway strawbale gardens, and a rooftop tomato plantation—to the ongoing amusement of neighbours.


When not in the garden, you might catch him recording his award-winning Food Garden Life podcast or canoeing in Algonquin Park.

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