What are the advantages of planting dwarf vs. full size trees?
Typically, the dwarf trees will have a shorter waiting period for bearing fruit. This could be as much as 5 years difference in apple trees. They don’t spread out as much, so if space is a limitation, you can get more trees into any given area. Dwarf trees are typically 20 to 40 percent the size of a full tree. This translates into advantages when it comes to spraying, pruning, picking fruit, applying nets, etc. Generally people plant full size trees if they have lots of space and they want a larger yield of fruit. Most backyard orchardists generally are better off with dwarf trees.
