Editing Fruit tree pruning (section)

==Pruning of tip bearers==
Tip-bearers should be pruned lightly in winter using the regulatory system (see above). Any maiden shoots less than {{convert|25|cm|-1|abbr=on}} in length should be left untouched as they have fruit buds at their tips. Longer shoots are spur pruned to prevent overcrowding and to stimulate the production of more short-tip-bearing shoots the following year. Branch leaders are 'tipped', removing the top three or four buds to a bud facing in the desired direction to make them branch out and so produce more tip-bearing shoots.