Unlike traditional apple orchards, high-density trees focus on growing the fruit, not the tree. The trees are supported by a trellis system which consists of large posts and wires, similar to a vineyard. The trellis supports the weight of the fruit as the trees produce early. High-density trees produce fruit as early as one year after planting. Whereas standard trees need five to seven years before they begin producing apples. 

 

High-density orchards are planted three feet by eleven feet and can fit up to 1,300 trees per acre! Another advantage to high-density trees is that the majority of the fruit can be reached without ladders.