I just got my final order of the year in from Raintree. Everything is fantastic and now in the ground (I'll update the 2011 order thread a bit later with details). The only thing I can't figure out what to do as far as training the fruit cocktail tree.

The apricot, italian plum and peach grafts are about a 1/4" wide, 12-15" long, supple and easily trained. The Shiro plum though is about 5/8" wide, 24-30" long, branched and easily dominates the tree. Would it make the sense to cut this all the way back to 3 or 4 buds up the graft and start over or to cut it to an existing sideshoot or is there a better way to start getting this thing in balance off the bat?