apple orchards
Where trees fruit
Apple orchards are cultivated areas where apple trees are grown commercially or for personal use.
The phrase functions as a unit—you wouldn't say fruit orchards to mean the same thing.
Apple orchards evoke pastoral imagery: rows of trees, autumn harvests, cider pressing.
We picked Honeycrisps at the apple orchard last weekend.
- Johnny AppleseedLegendary American tree-planting pioneer
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
- heirloom varietiesTraditional, non-hybrid plant strains
hard cider · rootstock · pollinators · pest control · espalier · harvest festivals · carbon sequestration · biodiversity · pruning · microclimate · native species · farmers' markets · pie filling · agroforestry · agritourism · orchards · picking · rows
- European farmingdairy farming, dairy farms, sheep farming, olive groves, wheat fields
- Haspengouwfruit orchards, cherry orchards, pear orchards
- HawkesburyWindsor, Richmond, Wilberforce, Ebenezer, Oakville
- Central JapanNagano, Matsumoto, Japanese Alps, Chino, alpine scenery
- Eastern TownshipsSutton, Bedford, wine region, covered bridges
- countrysidefarmhouse, farm, barns, farmyard, barn
apple orchardswilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
virgin forest · old-growth forest · jungle · scrubland · fallow fields
apple orchardsdesert
To leave behind completely
wasteland · fallow land · feedlots · parking lots · cattle ranches
apple orchardsurban sprawl
Uncontrolled peripheral development
concrete jungle · city blocks · shopping centers · warehouses · industrial zones