Different subject . does anyone know what the current world record for apple
production /acre is . The last record I have ever heard quoted was a7 year
old block of Granny smith apples from New Zealand around 130 metric tonne
per hectare in the early 1990's.does anyone know where a person might sou
I don't know any numbers but have read that a mature orchard on seedling roots
spaced 28'x28' will way out produce a dwarf high density orchard.
It will probably cost you twice as much to pick with twice as many processors
but the tonnage will be up there.
Bill Fleming
Montana State University
W
Ohio State University reports up to 1250 bushles of apples per acre obtained in
Washington orchards. See page 9:
http://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/56407/OARDC_HCS_0624.pdf?sequence=1
The Dean of the College of Agricultre, University of California, reported in
the San Francisco Ca
Melvin N. Westwood, professor emeritus of horticulture at Oregon State
University, states in his classic textbook, Temperate Zone Pomology Physiology
and Culture that under ideal conditions, maximum yields for Apples are 112
MT/ha which is 2081 bushels per acre. See Page 298, Table 11-7. (1 MT/h
