Apple Rootstock and Density Trials
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https://doi.org/10.71318/apom.1982.36.4.103Abstract
Current production techniques of most fruit and row crops utilize higher plant densities than those used 25 to 50 years ago. Higher densities usually produce higher yields per acre with lower production costs per volume of yield. Mechanical and cultural technology have made higher crop densities feasible. Apple trees have usually been grown at rather low densities of 30 to 50 per acre, but development of size controlling rootstocks has favored higher densities. Experiments are in progress evaluating densities of thousands of trees per acre with an interest in complete mechanization including harvest (1, 2).
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