ISHS Acta Horticulturae 192: VIII International Symposium on Apricot Culture and Decline
CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF PRODUCTIVE APRICOT GROWING |
| Author: | L.Z. Kiss |
| Abstract:
Among fruit species grown in Hungary apricot is one of those in a critical position. With the exception of a few places its cultivation in large-scale farms is being brought to an end. As a reason for this frost damage could be mentioned which represents a considerable risk in production and results in low crops (Mády, 1981). A five-year growing period could be characterized as follows: there is one year with 100%, two years with 50% and one with 30% yield and there is probably one when there is no crop at all. Thus taking the optimal 8.0 ton/ha yield as the base, owing to frost damages an average of 3.5 ton/ha is to be expected. This is too low for profitable production. As a result both in large and small-scale farms the production is continuously decreasing (Kiss, 1979). The area of apricot orchards in large-scale farms was 11935 ha in 1974 and it was only 5697 ha in 1983. Between the two data the territorial loss reached 52% that may be accepted as an explanation of a more than 25% reduction in production. The yield reduction rate was smaller than the territorial loss which can be explained by a better yield. | |
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