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COMPARISON OF SOLAXE AND SPANISH BUSH TRAINING SYSTEMS FOR ‘RAINIER’ AND ‘VAN’ SWEET CHERRIES IN THE CHILEAN CENTRAL ZONE GROWING AREA
Article number
667_53
Pages
373 – 378
Language
English
Abstract
Vegetative and reproductive traits of Van and Rainier sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) on Mazzard F12/1 rootstock, trained to either the Solaxe or Spanish bush orchard systems, were characterized in a 5-year-old experimental orchard at La Platina Research Center, Metropolitan Region, Chile, during the 2000-01 growing season.
Solaxe trees had higher yields: 8.5 kg/tree for Van and 7.7 kg/tree for Rainier, compared with Spanish bush, 5.2 and 4.2 kg/tree for Van and Rainier, respectively.
Fruit was distributed more evenly along the productive branches in the Solaxe training system.
In addition, Solaxe training resulted in better structured trees and less wood removed at pruning.
Spanish bush training resulted in larger shoots on longer and stronger trunk and limbs.
Neither phenology nor fruit set were affected by training system for either cultivar, perhaps due to the youth of the trees.
Both systems performed better than traditional cherry training systems used in Chile.
Solaxe trees had higher yields: 8.5 kg/tree for Van and 7.7 kg/tree for Rainier, compared with Spanish bush, 5.2 and 4.2 kg/tree for Van and Rainier, respectively.
Fruit was distributed more evenly along the productive branches in the Solaxe training system.
In addition, Solaxe training resulted in better structured trees and less wood removed at pruning.
Spanish bush training resulted in larger shoots on longer and stronger trunk and limbs.
Neither phenology nor fruit set were affected by training system for either cultivar, perhaps due to the youth of the trees.
Both systems performed better than traditional cherry training systems used in Chile.
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Authors
C. Negrón, G. Lemus, J. Valenzuela
Keywords
Prunus avium, yield, pruning, fruit set, high density
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