The thickness of the fruit wall is maintained by mechanical pruning performed annually six or seven weeks after bloom, as shown in the photo of a Granny Smith planting Alain Masseron, Laurent Roche, and Sandrine Codarin, CTFIL, France   The fruit wall system was developed in France by the Centre Technique Interprofessionnel des Fruits et Légumes to enhance the technical, economic, and environmental performance of apple orchards. The fruit wall makes greater use of mechanization and modifies the design of apple orchards. A fruit wall is a fruit hedge with a two-dimensional surface. Winter pruning is replaced by mechanical pruning […]