BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine

Also prune this way

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Many fruit trees can be pruned now and in a very similar way. But avoid pruning stone fruits like plums, apricots, peaches and cherries now, which can be more susceptibl­e to silver leaf if pruned in the dormant season. Instead wait until the spring to prune stone fruits.

Fruit trees you can prune now include: crab apples pears medlars

Rowan (though this needs minimal pruning)

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Summer pruning is particular­ly important for trained forms like espaliers

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