Fruit trees in June

Thin fruit. Natural June drop will see many small fruitlets fall from your trees, but for the best-size fruits it's worth thinning more of them, especially for young trees: remove most of the fruit in the first year or two. Thin apples to one fruit per cluster: for dessert apple varieties, thin to 10-15cm between clusters; and for cooking varieties, thin to 15-23cm between clusters. Pears should be reduced to two fruits per cluster, with clusters 10-15cm apart.