TY - JOUR AU - Southwick, Stephen M. AU - Yeager, James T. AU - Norton, Maxwell V. AU - Osgood, Joseph AU - Weakley, Craig V. TI - Alternate-year pruning may provide temporary savings JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1994/11/01 VL - 48 IS - 6 SP - 13 EP - 17 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3733/ca.v048n06p13 L3 - 10.3733/ca.v048n06p13 AB - Effects of alternate-year pruning over four seasons on fruit production, quality and net revenues per tree compare favorably to those for traditional annual pruning methods. Alternate-year pruning may be feasible for growers interested in reducing pruning costs in a particular season. However, the cost to prune trees in the alternate year significantly affects revenues per tree.