ID

422-024 (SPES-234P)

Authors as Published

Authored by Richard P. Marini, Extension Tree Fruit Specialist, Virginia Tech, and reviewed by Sherif Sherif, Assistant Professor of Horticulture and Extension Specialist, Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech 

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Since the mid 1970s in the U.S., the number of apple trees per acre in new orchards has gradually been increasing. Orchard intensification is motivated by the desire to produce fruit early in the life of the orchard to rapidly recover establishment costs. Intensification is possible by using dwarfing rootstocks that control tree size, induce early cropping, and produce large quantities of fruit relative to the amount of wood produced.

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Publication Date

August 17, 2020