Pruning and Training Fruit Trees
- 1st Edition - September 18, 1996
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Warren Somerville
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 8 9 3 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 1 5 3 1 - 1
The viability of modern fruit production is dependent on a number of factors. Probably the most important one of these after site selection is that of orchrd design. The selection… Read more
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The viability of modern fruit production is dependent on a number of factors. Probably the most important one of these after site selection is that of orchrd design. The selection of suitable cultivator and rootstock combinations is the starting point for ongoing tree training and pruning which will continue for the life of the orchard. The days of large size fruit trees producing a tonne or more of each fruit are gone forever - a modern orchardist cannot afford to wait for the trees to grow very large, and the production costs of fruit on large, old trees is very high.
Practical farmers and TAFE market.
The growing behaviour of fruit trees; Tree training; Fruit quality; Pest/disease managment; An overview of training methods; Factors in orchard design.
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 18, 1996
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
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Warren Somerville
Affiliations and expertise
Teacher at TAFE Orange and course developer with the TAFE Rural and Mining Industry Training Division