Small, closely planted trees facilitate cultural operations, and they may increase early production and produce better colored fruit. But the grower must be willing and able to make management changes.

. All are members of a University of California high density, deciduous fruit-tree committee formed in 1973 to search for, review, and evaluate information on close-planted orchards. The committee also included James Beutel, Richard Bethell, Bruce Bearden, Robert Fridley, Kenneth Hench, Chester Hemstreet, Gordon Morehead, Doyle Reed, and K. Ryugo.