The framework of these 12-year-old Packham trees (2,082 trees per hectare) on mini-Tatura is simple and very productive (55 to 61 tonnes per hectare annually, with 93 percent packout). Our society is built on intricate hierarchical systems. Whether it is a private business, a government institution, the army, or a religion, we all fit into formally ranked groups. The same is often the case with wild animals and insects like ants and bees, which cannot survive unless they exist in organized groups. Look at a fruit tree in the same way. The framework, or structure, of a fruit tree consists […]