Train and Prune Fruit Trees/Activities/Identifying the main parts of a fruit tree



Objective
This activity will help people working with fruit trees to identify the physical features of a fruit tree including:
 * leaders
 * fruiting arms
 * laterals
 * strong crotch angles
 * fruit buds
 * vegetative buds
 * apical buds
 * apical dominance

Activity
Watch this video of Alex Huffadine from Otago Polytechnic's Cromwell campus explaining the features of a cherry fruit tree. (Videos below need to be added to the player on the right)

1. Using this video to start you off, do your own research to identify the following features on 3 types of fruit trees:
 * leaders
 * fruiting arms
 * laterals
 * strong crotch angles
 * fruit buds
 * vegetative buds
 * apical buds
 * apical dominance

2. Create a drawing for each of the 3 fruit trees you have chosen and label the features listed above

4. Create a video of yourself explaining the features of the 3 fruit trees. Create the video on location of a real fruit tree plantation, or use your drawings as examples.

5. Send the scanned or photocopied drawings to your learning facilitator

Support materials

 * http://hortykim.blip.tv/file/525820/ - Fruit and Leave Buds: Alex Huffadine from Otago Polytechnic demonstrates how to prune fruit trees. Video by Sunshine Connelly for Otago Polytechnic. Music by Melissa Welch
 * http://hortykim.blip.tv/file/525836/ - Structure of a Fruit Tree: Alex Huffadine from Otago Polytechnic explains fruit tree structure. Video by Sunshine Connelly for Otago Polytechnic. Music by Melissa Welch
 * http://hortykim.blip.tv/file/525814/ - Central Leader: Alex Huffadine from Otago Polytechnic explains fruit tree structure. Video by Sunshine Connelly for Otago Polytechnic. Music by Melissa Welch
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruning_fruit_trees - Wikipedia: Pruning fruit trees
 * http://wikieducator.org/Train_and_Prune_Fruit_Trees/Resources - Resource library