Fruitlet Thinning Reduces Biennial Bearing in Seven High-tannin Cider Apple Cultivars

Fruitlet Thinning Reduces Biennial Bearing in Seven High-tannin Cider Apple Cultivars

Many European apple (Malus ×domestica Borkh.) cultivars used for making alcoholic cider have a highly biennial bearing habit. To determine target crop load recommendations, seven cider cultivars grown in a high-density orchard were hand-thinned to crop densities of 0, 3, 6, and 9 fruit/cm2 trunk cro...

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Main Authors: David Zakalik, Michael G. Brown, Gregory M. Peck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) 2023-12-01
Series:HortScience
Subjects:
crop load
hard cider
malus ×domestica borkh.
partial budget
return bloom
Online Access:https://journals.ashs.org/hortsci/view/journals/hortsci/59/1/article-p26.xml

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