ISHS Acta Horticulturae 732: VIII International Symposium on Canopy, Rootstocks and Environmental Physiology in Orchard Systems
TRAINING SYSTEMS OF FRUIT PLANTINGS IN HUNGARY |
| Authors: | M. Soltész, Z. Szabó, J. Nyéki |
| Keywords: | training system, apple, pear, quince, peach, plum, apricot, cherry, raspberry, blackberry, currant, gooseberry |
| Abstract:
With apple and pear, high density plantings utilizing intensive production techniques are the most popular in Hungary. Important components of these intense orchards are: irrigation, support system, dwarfing rootstocks and intensive management techniques. With peach and plum, trees are generally trained to funnel-shape crowns, however, with plum more intensive orchards are possible. With apricots, a Hungarian training system, the "umbrella” type of crown which was developed by Papp is used exclusively. With sweet and sour cherry, the training system depends on the harvest method, manual or mechanised. Red and black currants are grown mostly as bushes or hedgerows without any supporting system and are designed to facilitate mechanical harvest. Raspberries and blackberries are grown as hedges on trellis. Gooseberries are low, thorny bushes that are difficult to pick. Thus, small grafted trees are attached to a wire-trellis, which also helps solve problems of plant protection. | |
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