Pruning White Sapote

[rtdrury]

I have a young White Sapote seedling in the ground and expect another year or more before first flowering.  It's about 15 ft tall already (trunk diameter 5 inches), and it wants to grow even taller, but I've been topping it at 15 ft because I want to limit height for fruit harvesting.  Is limiting height with regular toppings going to delay/deny flowering?  An alternative is to let it grow as tall as it wants, so to reach flowering/fruiting size faster, and then cut it back to 15ft.  Which strategy is best?

[Johnny Redland]

I would continue to tip it to 12-15ft and tip all small branches as well just like a mango. Mine have responded very well to that and have flowered quite early. They love to be pruned