Abstract:
The invention relates to fruit growing, namely to a process for shaping the slender spindle crown of the apple tree. The process, according to the invention, comprises arcuation of the highly developed trunk without branches with its fixation in horizontal position in spring in the first year after planting at the onset of the awakening of buds, selection of an extension shoot of the central axis with arched-cane pruning of vertical shoots when they reach a length of 20- 25 cm, fixation of the extension shoot in vertical position, in July.