In my backyard, I had an apple tree that produced apples for many years. The tree came with the house, and every year I would look forward to seeing the apples grow. I’d pick some and put them in my refrigerator until I was ready to eat them. Random animals would come into my yard and eat any apples that I didn’t get. The tree died last year, which I hated, but it wasn’t all bad. The tree death left me with a chance to find a replacement. I got one from a fruit tree nursery.

One good thing about being able to get a new tree was that I could select the size of the tree that I wanted. The old tree was a full grown tree that I had to prune to keep from growing any bigger.…

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