Comparison of the growing habit of peach varieties trained to caldron and slender spindle crowns

Six peach varieties (’RedMoon’, ’Early Redhaven’, ’Rich Lady’, ’Suncrest’, ’Silver King’, ’Royal Glory’) grafted on seedling stock have been trained alternatively, to caldron (kettle) and to slender spindle, are compared in dormant stage regarding their variety-specific growing habits. According to...

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Published inInternational journal of horticultural science Vol. 16; no. 3
Main Authors Szőke, S., Csihon, Á.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Debrecen 10.05.2010
Subjects
caldron
crown forms
growing habits
peach varieties
slender spindle
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Summary:Six peach varieties (’RedMoon’, ’Early Redhaven’, ’Rich Lady’, ’Suncrest’, ’Silver King’, ’Royal Glory’) grafted on seedling stock have been trained alternatively, to caldron (kettle) and to slender spindle, are compared in dormant stage regarding their variety-specific growing habits. According to our results, marked differences have been stated in vegetative vigour of varieties measured as the length, thickness and number of shoots. The caldron crowns displayed more vigour whereas the spindle trees produced more balanced and moderately growing shoots. The differences due to varieties were more conspicuous that due to the training. An intrinsic knowledge of growing habits of varieties may facilitate the development of variety-specific pruning technologies beginning with the training for crown forms.
ISSN:1585-0404
2676-931X
DOI:10.31421/IJHS/16/3/897