You may have inherited property that has a number of mature apple trees.  You may also have ignored and neglected your apple trees for a number of years.  Whichever category you fall into, it is not too late to get your trees on the path towards productive yields.

This course will go into the decisions you need to make when it comes to getting mature apple trees back in shape over the next couple of years.  Topics to be covered include when to let go of the trees, basics of seasonal/older pruning, disease/insect management, choices of tools, making the first cuts of a multi-year process, apple tree grafting options, and working through visual examples of trees that have been neglected.

University of Illinois Extension Local Foods and Small Farms Educator Grant McCarty, will teach Intro to Fruit Tree Pruning on Thursday, December 12, 2019.  The class will be from 5:30-7:30pm at the Boone County Extension Meeting Room located at 205 Cadillac Ct. Suite 5 in Belvidere.  Registration cost for this program is $5 and pre-registration is required by Tuesday, December 10. 

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, please contact the Boone County Extension office at 815-544-3710.