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Learn Fruit and Plantation Crop Production with Rahul
About Lesson

Morphology of Apple

  • Tree height 5m to 12m tall
  • Leaf 5 to 12cm long and 3 to 6cm wide attaching to 2-5cm long petiole with an acute tip.
  • Flowers white with a pink tinge having five petals
  • An inflorescence contains 5 to 7 individual flowers;
  • fruit characteristics include taste (acidic, aromatic, sweet, etc.) and skin colour (red, yellow, striped, blushing, and russeting).
  • shape-round or conical

 

Soil requirement

  • The best soil texture type is from sandy-loam to sandy clay loam.
  • The soil should be well- drained up to 80-100cm depth
  • The best pH range is between 5.8 and 6.5.
  • The soil pH should be checked every three years.
  • Slope should not exceed 10%.
  • The recommended slope facing direction is east.