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Spider wrote:

If you've got good, dry weather this weekend [I have;~))!], then why not
make a start? Even in a sheltered position, heavy snow fall could snap
the longer, weaker branches. If not, assess the branch structure over
winter and plan your cuts for late spring/summer.

I have and I have. Let's see how it goes. I wanted an upright,
but upright/drooping is not a characteristic that I could find
out when I bought it. I have another that IS upright - very!

What a mess! It sounds more like the sort of tree one would use for
espalier training, where you could allow longish low growth which could
then be tied in, allowing you better management of the pruning spurs.

Except for its refusal to have more than one actively growing branch!
Someone more versed in the ways of dwarfing rootstocks might have
avoided the mess, but it's the only one I have ever owned or worked on.

I will do something this winter, and decide what when I do it!


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.