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Master Gardeners’ demo is on Saturday




Mariposa Master Gardeners are holding a free home-orchard pruning demonstration this Saturday, Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. to noon at 3275 Highway 140 in Cathey’s Valley.
Maxwell Norton, farm advisor for Merced County, will conduct the class.
Norton will explain why trees need pruning, how to prune and the correct tools to use.
Norton is an advocate of training trees to be short enough to pick all the fruit without ever getting out a ladder.
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