Pruning espaliered trees is easier than regular fruit trees. At least for me, I can see better what needs to happen in the flat 2 dimensional version of the trees. 😆 It's similar to regular pruning in that you remove dead, diseased, or congested branches. It's different from regular pruning in that you're cutting back most of the growth to only 3-4 bud lengths from the main framework. This is especially important during the mid summer pruning because it encourages the tree to make short fruitin