Table 3.Accumulated yield (1997 + 1998) per tree from central leader trained Vinegold peach
trees planted in 1996 related to tree spacing within the row and nitrogen fertilizer application
rates, Smith Orchard.

Tree spacing within rows
(m; ft in brackets)
_________________________________

N fertilizer
% of recommended

1.4(4.5)

2.2(7.5)

3.4(11.5)

Average

kg/tree (lbs/tree in brackets)

25
50
100
Average

14 (31)
13 (29)
16 (35)
15 (32)

15 (34)
17 (37)
16 (36)
16 (36)

19 (42)
18 (39)
15 (34)
17 (38)

16 (36)
16 (35)
16 (35)

Table 4.Yield per tree from central leader trained Vinegold peach trees planted in 1996 at
various within-row spacings, Smith Orchard.

Tree spacing within rows
(m; ft in brackets)
_______________________________________________

Year

1.4(4.5)

2.2(7.5)

3.4(11.5)

kg/tree (lbs/tree in brackets)

1997
1998
Accumulated

3 (6)
12 (26)
15 (32)

3 (6)
14 (30)
16 (36)

2 (5)
15 (34)
17 (38)

Table 5. Accumulated yield (1997 + 1998) per acre from central leader trained Vinegold peach
trees planted in 1996 related to within-row tree spacing and nitrogen fertilizer application rates
(Smith Orchard).

Tree spacing within rows
(m; ft in brackets)
_________________________________________________

N fertilizer
% of recommended

1.4(4.5)

2.2(7.5)

3.4(11.5)

Average

MT/ha (tons/acre in brackets)

25
50
100
Average

18 (8)
17 (8)
21 (9)
18 (8)

13 (6)
13 (6)
13 (6)
13 (6)

9 (4)
9 (4)
8 (4)
9 (4)

13 (6)
12 (6)
13 (6)

Table 6.Yield per acre from central leader trained Vinegold peach trees planted in 1996 at
various within-row spacings (Smith Orchard).

Tree spacing within rows
(m; ft in brackets)
_______________________________________________

Year

1.4(4.5)

2.2(7.5)

3.4(11.5)

Tons/acre

1997
1998
Average

1.5
6.9
8.5

0.9
4.8
5.8

0.5
3.5
4.1

Table 7.Growth of Fusetto trained Veecling peach trees, 1996 through 1998, in a high density
orchard (4 x 14 ft, 777 trees/acre) (Rydal Park Farms).

Year

Trunk cross-sectional area (cm2)

At planting
Fall 1996
Fall 1997
Fall 1998

2.5
6.7
14.3
18.8

Table 8.Yield per acre from Fusetto trained Veecling peach trees in a high density orchard (4 x
14 ft, 777 trees/acre) as affected by pruning treatment at planting (Rydal Park Farms).

Pruning treatment at planting
_________________________________

Year

Stub

Long

MT/ha (tons/acre in brackets)

1997
1998
Accumulated

9.4 (4.2)
17.7 (7.9)
27.1 (12.1)

10.3 (4.6)
16.8 (7.5)
27.1 (12.1)

Table 9.Comparative yields per acre (1997 through 1998) from Fusetto trained peach trees of 3
different peach varieties planted in a high density orchard (4 x 14 ft, 777 trees/acre) in 1996
(Belmor Farms).

Variety
______________________________________________

Year

Veecling

Babygold 5

Babygold 7

MT/ha (tons/acre in brackets)

1997
1998
Accumulated

1.8 (0.8)
12.8 (5.7)
14.6 (6.5)

1.6 (0.7)
16.8 (7.5)
18.4 (8.2)

1.6 (0.7)
11.4 (5.1)
13.0 (5.8)

Table 10.Accumulated yields per acre (1997 through 1998) from Fusetto trained peach trees of
3 different peach varieties propagated on 3 different rootstocks and planted in a high density
orchard (4 x 14 ft, 777 trees/acre) in 1996 (Belmor Farms).

Rootstock

Variety

BaileyCLTzTPTz
MT/ha (tons/acre in brackets)
14.3(6.4)9.4(4.2)12.5(5.6)
18.4(8.2)17.5(7.8)15.7(7.0)
13.0(5.8)17.5(7.8)14.8(6.6)

Veecling
Babygold 5
Babygold 7

zCLT = Chui Lum Tao; TPT = Tzim Pee Tao.