Month
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Trees
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Worker's Jobs
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January
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February
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- Care and repair of equipment
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March
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- Disposal of pruning debris
- Grass mowing
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April
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- Buds begin to swell
- Blossoms appear
- Pollination begins
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- Grass mowing
- Begin planting new trees
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May
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- Pollination continues
- Petals fall off
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June
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- Limbs are shaped and stabilized
- Irrigation, if necessary
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July
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- Small fruit appears
- Apples begin to ripen
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- Irrigation, if necessary
- Summer pruning
- Harvesting of a few early varieties
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August
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- Ladders and barrels are assembled
- Harvesting of apples continues
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September
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October
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- Harvest continues
- Cider and apple butter is made
- Fall apples are marketed
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November
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- Very late apples ripen
- Dormancy begins
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December
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- Planting continues
- Pruning begins
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