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Nurseries sell fruit trees with a tag that calls the tree “semi-dwarf." In our area, an apple ...

Standard-sized apple tree cannot be pruned to dwarf size

By Bob Morris / RJ

April 4, 2020 - 12:29 pm

Standard-sized apple trees may grow to 35 or 40 feet in height. You might be able to keep a standard-sized tree under 20 feet tall through pruning, but the standard-sized apple tree is just too vigorous for pruning to short heights.