Neglecting one spraying may make you miss your goal. In addition, the average home is a poor place to store more apples than can be crowded into the refrigerator. Plant dwarf trees. Regular size trees get too big, and adequately spraying, pruning or harvesting the fruit is impossible. Most regular-size apple trees require up to 10 years to come into production.
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Most spur types have been discovered as mutations in commercial orchards. Unfortunately, only a few varieties are available as spur types. More will probably appear in the future. Spur-type varieties do not dwarf the trees sufficiently for the home gardener, but they can be used with dwarfing rootstock and interstem pieces as described below. Use a dwarfing rootstock.