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Apple Yield

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.

Apple yield is a key economic and biological indicator, measured in kg/tree or t/ha, which depends on the interaction of cultivar, rootstock, tree age, and environmental conditions.

In the reference 816 varieties crop Apple, where this is mentioned in the description.

To assess apple productivity, individual tree recording or weighing the yield from trial plots is used, with the output of marketable fruit being a critically important parameter. Yield is not considered a static characteristic of a cultivar, as it depends directly on the rootstock type, planting density, and agrotechnical background.

In intensive orchards with a planting density of over 1000 trees per hectare, yield indicators can reach 40–50 tons per hectare. To characterize the stability of bearing and to offset cultivar periodicity, the periodicity index is used, which determines the value of a cultivar for commercial fruit growing.

Yield indicators, combined with precocity, determine the economic efficiency of the orchard and the payback period of investments. High productivity requires strict regulation of fruit load, as excessive tree overloading inevitably leads to smaller fruit size and depletion of the plant.

General information about the subject — on the page Yield.

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Varieties of Apple mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

GRIFFSPUR

Withdrawn

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

J Bick Griffith (US)

FR
1 record

SAPNIS

Terminated

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

Rudolfs Dumbravs

LV
1 record

Mašancgar

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

1 record

MF 10

Protection expired

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

RO
1 record

SUNGOLD

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

1 record

Red Sauce

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

1 record

DE SORPE

Application submitted

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

ES
1 record

Grenman

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

2 records

PIATLAZA

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

1 record

Malerapfel

Active

Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh. · Apple

SI
1 record

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