1Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Jakhdhar, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand-246 171, India
2Department of Soil Science, GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand-263 145, India
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Online published on 24 December, 2014.
Two year experiment on pruning intensity of six new and spur cultivars of apple (Gale Gala, Early Red One, Super Chief, Red Fuji, Oregon Spur-II and Red Chief) was conducted at Govt Horticulture Orchard, Chaubattia, Almora, Uttarakhand to evaluate the performance of five year old cultivars raised on clonal rootstocks. Significant differences were recorded among growth parameters in all tested cultivars during both years. Gale Gala out-yielded other cultivars with maximum production of 19.52 tonnes/ha in 2010, closely followed by Red Chief and Oregon Spur.
Apple, clonal rootstocks, delicious group, spur type cultivars, high density plantation
