Hey Greg… I generally prune when I can see what’s going on… and haven’t so much else to do. I’ve been starting my Apples earlier each year… Late Sept. - early Oct. A lot depends on the vigor of the tree. If it’s young, I’ll let all the nutrients (from the leaves) get down to be stored in the roots. If it’s vigorous, I’ll prune sooner … like my King.

Pears: when I get to them, but I treat them like apples.

Cherries: for me, are history... I’ve heard it suggested not to prune them in the rain… but to be honest – I don’t prune in the rain. I’ve heard/read it’s best they have a few dry days to seal their cuts / wounds.

Japanese plums: I wait till the worst of winter’s over; they seem a bit more prone to dieback and I’d hate for all my heading cuts to end up a couple of buds back – thus pointed every which way; including dead tissue harboring disease…

I lost some good sized limbs on my Japanese plums from our heavy snow last winter. The trees that did best were those I’d already pruned. The massive sucker growth on those plumbs trapped far more snow than the branches could handle. I’ve always pruned for strength first, but had never experienced 30 inches of snow ‘out here!’

European ‘prunes’ I treat like apples or pears, they’re pretty hardy.

Peaches: though I don’t have any left, I have regularly pruned my neighbor’s 15 year old trees. It was suggested to me last winter to hold off pruning until they’d bloomed, I did. Don’t know if any serious disease was avoided, I’d pruned them in the dead of winter most years prior … but it made their owners feel better. Though tearing branches past ‘already set fruit’ didn’t seem all-that-smart

Persimmons are pretty stable; I’d prune them about the time I harvest them in November – or any time thereafter.

Figs can also experience dieback, Though I generally won’t hold off pruning them (if my ladder's near). Though instead of cutting them back to a “bud” I’ll go back to the parent branch, thus any dieback would be minimal.

Fuzzy Kiwi’s will ‘bleed’ if you don’t prune them while ‘dead dormant.’ …Grapes too. I do fear dieback on the Kiwi (if rarely the grapes), so I’ll time their pruning more than anything else.