Fruit trees that bear every other year are called biennial bearers. Not all fruit trees do that. One year the crop is very heavy, requiring most of the trees energy. Consequently, few new fruit buds are formed the next year and the tree has little bloom and thus limited or no crop is produced. This problem is most often seen in apples, but it can appear in other fruits also. To assist in controlling biennial fruiting, try annual pruning to control the number of buds and blossoms. Removing excess fruit from the tree soon after bloom is also helpful.
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