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Typically, a fruit tree will cost $945 over its first four years of life with proper maintenance and labor factored in. Let's take a look at the costs in a year-by-year breakdown.

Year One Costs:

• Two apple trees: $50.
• Planting labor: $20.
• Sprayer: $25.
• Spray materials: $45.
• Lopper for pruning: $45.
• Ten-foot tripod ladder: $130.
• Hand shears: $25.
• Handsaw: $30.

Estimated year one total cost: $390.

Year Two Costs:

• Three insecticide sprays (labor included): $30.
• Two fungicide sprays (labor included): $20.
• Training and pruning (labor included): $20.
• Fruit thinning (labor included): $20.
• Fall cleanup: $20.
• Four pheromone lures and traps: $30.
• Fertilizer: $10.

Estimated year two total cost: $150.

Year Three Costs:

• Three insecticide sprays (labor included): $30.
• Fungicides: $30.
• Two fungicide sprays (labor included): $20.
• Training and pruning (labor included): $20.
• Fruit thinning (labor included): $20.
• Fall cleanup: $20.
• Four pheromone lures and traps: $30.
• Tree netting: $25.

Estimated year three total cost: $205.

Year Four Costs:

• Four pheromone lures and traps: $30.
• Three insecticide sprays (labor included): $30.
• Fall cleanup: $20.
• Fertilizer: $10.
• Insecticides and fungicides: $40.
• Two fungicide sprays (labor included): $20.
• Training and pruning (labor included): $20.
• Fruit thinning (labor included): $20.

Estimated year four total cost: $200.