DB>is anyone out there who can explain to me about dwarf apple trees:
  >    1.  how wide do they spread?
  >    2.  amount of fruit produce?
  >        a.  at what age of tree?
  >    3.  how deep do roots grow?
  >    4.  do you need to spray for worms/bugs/??
DB>Thanks for any and all info.  Daughter is think of planting one in her
  >yard to dehydrating, eating, etc.  Only have enough room for a dwarf
  >apple tree and is thinking of 2 trees plus another fruit tree.  I
  >thinking only one tree would do the 4 of them.   any suggestions or
  >answers to questions?
We have 2 dwarf spy apple trees.  They were 3 years old nursery stock 
when purchased and are now 6 years old. They are about 8 feet high.  I 
would say they are about 5 feet across at the most.  We prune them so 
they will not get any wider than that.  The first year they produced 
nice green leaves...(ggg).  The second year they produced about 6 to 7 
apples each, but a couple fell off or were eaten by birds and between 
the 2 trees we had about 5 apples.  Last year, we picked and used about 
20 apples.  These trees need to be sprayed every 2 weeks from the time 
the blossoms fall off until about 2 weeks before the crop is ready.  
Early in the spring they need to be sprayed with a dormant spray to 
kill anything that has wintered over.  You spray every 2 weeks until 
the blossoms arrive, then you stop until the blossoms have fallen and 
there is only the teeny apple.  These instructions are given on the 
package of spray that you buy.  Buy good stock from a good nursery and 
get you spray from them as well.
This is what I know...hope it helps.
                           Doris Dignard
                        ddignard@idirect.com
                    doris.dignard@capcanada.com
                      
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