TYPES OF

ORCHARD
FARMS
Lesson 5
 Fruit Orchards
Include any facility that focuses
on fruit-bearing trees and it is the
common type of orchard. Some of the
popular fruit trees in our country is
mango, avocado, durian, mangosteen,
jackfruit, lanzones, rambutan, and many
more. Citrus trees, such as pomelo,
lemon, lime or orange, may be grown in
large citrus orchards, or individually in
smaller area.
 Nut Orchards

Include all facilities that focuses

on nut-bearing trees. The tree nuts
that are popular in our country are
cashew nuts and pili nuts. This
category also includes coconuts and
cacaos.
Seed Orchards
Is an area where superior quality of
plant/trees are established and managed
intensively and entirely to produce large
quantity of improved seeds. The seeds in the
orchard are sold to large agricultural
facilities and commercial distributors for
resale to the public in small seed packets.
The size of the seed orchard is determined
by the seed demand and the expected seed
production from the orchard.
Various Types of Orcharding

1.Orcharding with single variety of a fruit crop.

2.Orcharding with different variety of a fruit crop.

3.Mixed orchard with different fruit crops of almost equal life span.

4.Orcharding with intercrops/intercropping.

 OTHER FORM OF ORCHARD

Home/School/Community
Orchards are small piece of land where
grafted and dwarf varieties of trees are
planted and are small enough to fit in
the garden/backyard. One of its
purposes is to reduce household costs
and grow more of their own food.