Virginia Cooperative ExtensionMarini, Richard P.Sherif, Sherif M.Smith, Alson H.2020-10-112020-10-112020-08-17http://hdl.handle.net/10919/100447The purpose of this publication is to describe the management of the most commonly used intensive orchard training systems. Orchard intensifcation is motivated by the desire to produce fruit early in the life of the orchard to rapidly recover establishment costs. Intensifcation is possible by using dwarfng rootstocks that control tree size, induce early cropping, and produce large quantities of fruit relative to the amount of wood produced.6 pagesapplication/pdfen-USVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Extension publicationhttps://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/dam/pubs_ext_vt_edu/422/422-024/SPES-234.pdfOrchardsintensive productionApplesTreesManagement