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January 29, 2009 Issue

Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop February 3

Winter is the time to prune many fruit crops, and a farm up on the Peak in Creston has many types of fruit trees, vines and bushes in various stages of maturity. On Tuesday, February 3, at 1:00 p.m. NC Cooperative Extension will lead a winter fruit tree and shrub pruning workshop at Richard and Vickie Horodyski’s farm.

The workshop will focus on successful pruning strategies for pome fruits such as apples and pears and stone fruits such as cherries and peaches. Attendees will also have the opportunity to discuss, examine and/or prune raspberry, blueberry and paw paw, as well as grape and hardy kiwi vines.

Area Extension Agent Richard Boylan will lead the workshop, assisted by orchardist Henry Blackford.

The workshop is free and open to the public, but preregistration is required. People interested in trying their own hands at pruning are welcome to bring their own pruning handsaws and loppers. Everyone should dress warmly because this farm is high atop the north side of the Peak.

For more information and to register, call the Ashe County Cooperative Extension office at 336-846-5850 or email Richard Boylan at richard_boylan@ncsu.edu.