orchard
Let an agent explain orchards and their kinds, relay horticultural practice, economics and biodiversity value, and distinguish orchards from plantations, groves and forests.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain orchards and their kinds, relay horticultural practice, economics and biodiversity value, and distinguish orchards from plantations, groves and forests.
An intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food production, chiefly fruit and nut trees such as apple, cherry, peach and citrus, in forms from traditional meadow orchards with grazed grass under standard trees to intensive dwarf plantings, and community orchards managed for shared benefit; orchards are agricultural systems with pollination, pruning and pest management needs and also landscape and biodiversity value.
What it is for: Growing tree fruit and nuts.
It can be explain kinds and layouts; relay horticultural practice; relay economics and biodiversity; distinguish from related land uses.
Distinguishing features
Perennial tree crops
Pruning and training
Pollination dependence
Traditional and intensive forms
What it looks like
Rows or scattered stands of fruit trees on managed ground.
Physical character
traditional standard spacing: about 8-12 m - between trees
intensive dwarf density: about 1500-3000 trees per ha
How it is recognised
Managed planting of fruit or nut trees
Apple, cherry, peach, citrus, meadow and community orchards
Plantations grow other crops; groves may be unmanaged; vineyards grow vines
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms
produces - and nuts
depends on - often by managed bees
In practice
Families and kinds
apple, pear and other pome orchards
cherry, peach and other stone fruit orchards
citrus orchards
nut orchards
traditional meadow orchards
intensive high-density orchards
community orchards
Standards and regulation
Plant health and pesticide regulations
Organic and integrated production standards
Heritage protection for traditional orchards in some countries
Failure modes and hazards
Pests and diseases such as fire blight
Frost damage
Pollinator decline
Loss of traditional orchards
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Identify What orchard this is.
Identity.
Kind
Kind and layout.
Kind
Kind.
- What kind of orchard is it, and how is it laid out? definition
- Is the land an orchard, plantation, grove or forest? boundary
Crops
Crops.
Crops
Crops.
- Which fruit and nut crops are grown in orchards, and where? definition
- Which entry fits the specific crop? action
Manage Horticulture.
Practice.
Practice
Practice.
Practice
Practice.
- How are orchards planted, pruned, pollinated and harvested? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Protection
Pests and weather.
Protection
Protection.
- How are pests, diseases and frost managed, including integrated methods? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific pest or disease? action
Value Economics and biodiversity.
Sources.
Economics
Economics.
Economics
Economics.
- What do orchards cost and yield, and how do markets work, with sources? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Biodiversity
Biodiversity.
Biodiversity
Biodiversity.
- What biodiversity value do traditional orchards have, and how are they conserved? provenance
- Which entry fits traditional orchard conservation? action
Context History and community.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did orchards develop across cultures and periods? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of horticulture? action
Community
Community orchards.
Community
Community.
- How are community orchards organised and used? provenance
- Which entry fits community gardening? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should meadow orchard and community orchard be separate entries?
- How should horticultural references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming crop-specific orchards; should they be split off?