Apples, Cultural methods, Pruning, Western Australia
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Results of experiments by the Department of agriculture could completely change the appearance of the apple orchard in the next decade.
The normal orchard scene will become hedgerows of chemically-thinned, irrigated, red varieties on dwarfing or semi-dwarfing rootstocks receiving just the right amount of fertiliser, and areas between rows will be mown, or sprayed with herbicide. The clean cultivated, square-planted, vase-shaped tree will slowly disappear.
Cripps, J E L
"Apple orchards to take a new look,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 19
, Article 7.
Available at: https://researchlibrary.agric.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol19/iss2/7