Fruit Tree Forms - Yield and Spacing

Yield and Spacing

Apples and pears Yield Spacing
Apples Pears In rows Rows apart
Bush 25–50 kg 20–45 kg 4–5 m 4–5 m
Dwarf bush 15–25 kg 10–20 kg 2.5–5 m 2.5–5 m
Dwarf pyramid 5–7 kg 3–5 kg 1.5–2 m 2 m
Espalier (two tier) 10–12 kg 7–10 kg 3–6 m 2 m
Fan 5–15 kg 5–15 kg 4–5 m -
Single cordon 2–4 kg 2–3 kg 0.5–1 m 2 m
Standard 50–200 kg 40–100 kg 6–10 m 6–10 m
Other tree fruits Yield Spacing
In rows Rows apart
Bush (sour cherry) 15–20 kg 4–5 m 4–5 m
Bush (plum and peach) 15–30 kg 4–5 m 4–5 m
Bush, standard (sweet cherry) 15–50 kg 5–12 m 5–12 m
Fan (all stone fruits) 7–15 kg 4–5 m -
Fan (sweet cherry) 6–15 kg 5-7.5 m -
Pyramid (plum) 15–25 kg 3–4 m 3–4 m
Standard (plum, peach and apricot) 15–50 kg 5-7.5 m 5-7.5 m

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