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Staples World photo by Tom Crawford Apple expert Steve Gilbertson protects his young apple trees from damage with a variety of devices. This tree is staked for wind damage, painted white to protect from sun scald in the winter and wapped with a protective sheath to keep mice and other rodents from chewing on the tree's stem. Those are just some of the tasks involved in starting an orchard in Minnesota.
Staples World photo by Tom Crawford Apple expert Steve Gilbertson protects his young apple trees from damage with a variety of devices. This tree is staked for wind damage, painted white to protect from sun scald in the winter and wapped with a protective sheath to keep mice and other rodents from chewing on the tree's stem. Those are just some of the tasks involved in starting an orchard in Minnesota.
