FRUIT AND VEG

Prune your trained fruit

educe the length of the newest shoots on trained forms of apples, pears, redcurrants and gooseberries. Cut them back to leave about five leaves and any fruit on the new growth. These spurs can be cut back further in the winter. If you are training new plants, the new growth at the tips of the framework can be tied in now to lengthen and establish the main shape of the plant. Pruning at this