Chaploutskyi A. Apple-tree productivity depending on the method and the term of the canopy pruning in the conditions of the Right-bank forest-steppe zone of Ukraine

The object of study - the process of growth and fruiting apple trees depending on the method and period of crop crown. The aim - to optimize the method and period contour trimming apple trees winter varieties in irrigated plantation on rootstock M.9. Methods - field (Garden), laboratory, laboratory and field studies using conventional methods of obtaining and processing information. Scientific novelty - in terms of Right-Bank Forest-Steppe The features of growth and fruiting apple-trees winter varieties in irrigated plantation on rootstock M.9 at the age of full fruiting and improved technology for growing apple orchard determining the optimal timing and methods of crop trees; established economic feasibility of contour planting a crop intensive type varieties Golden Delicious and Dzhonaveld. The degree of implementation - the results of studies introduced in irrigated plantations on M.9 rootstock in FH "Obriy" p. Kovalivka Nemirovsky region Vinnytsia region; in the farm "Makosad" p. Ridkivtsi Novoselytsia district of Chernivtsi region and farms of the Association of intensive gardening in Bukovina area of17 hectares planting varieties Golden Delicious and 14 hectares - Jonagold.