GARDEN GUIDE: WINTER CHORES: Caring for old apple, pear or peach trees

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Sun, thaw, cold and invisible nutrient deficiencies do more damage to fruit trees than it seems at first glance. Often, it is not frost that breaks a tree, but heat arriving at the wrong time, a cracked trunk or a lack of lime in the soil. However, a gardener can do a lot themselves – and with quite simple tools.