Overcoming barewood in apple trees - prevention and reinvigoration treatments
Palmer,J.W.; Diack,R.; Seymour,S.M.; Dayatilake,D.
Acta Horticulturae 792: 113-120
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0567-7572 DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2008.772.13Document Number: 557620
The new apple 'Scifresh' (JazzTM) shows a propensity for excessive flowering on one-year-old wood, particularly on young trees on dwarfing rootstocks. Weak flower clusters develop towards the base of the shoots, which do not set fruit and drop off leaving blind buds. This results in the development of barewood in the young tree with a resultant limitation on the early cropping on spur sites. Although fruit can be grown on one-year-old wood, this results in a reduction in fruit size.