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Most temperate-zone orchards are laid out in a regular grid, with a mown grass or bare dirt base that makes maintenance and fruit gathering easy.

Orchards often are concentrated near bodies of water, where climactic extremes are moderated and blossom time is retarded until frost danger is past. In eastern North America many orchards are along the shores of Lake Michigan, Lake ErieLeamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the world's largest such lakes. Lake Erie itself is the 13th largest natural lake, if the Caspian and Aral Seas are counted. It has a surface area of 24,000 km, and Lake OntarioWolcott, New York Lake Ontario bounded on the north by Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by New York State, is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The name of the lake is an Iroquois word meaning either "beautiful lake".

Sour cherryA cherry is both a tree and its fleshy fruit, a type known as a drupe with a single hard pit enclosing the seed. The cherry belongs to the Family Rosaceae, Genus Prunus (along with almonds, peaches, plums, and apricots). Sweet and tart cherries are differ orchardAn orchard is an intentional planting of trees maintained for food production. Most orchards comprise either fruit or nut-producing trees (see fruit trees. Most temperate-zone orchards are laid out in a regular grid, with a mown grass or bare dirt base th on Lake ErieLeamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the world's largest such lakes. Lake Erie itself is the 13th largest natural lake, if the Caspian and Aral Seas are counted. It has a surface area of 24,000 km shoreline ( Leamington, OntarioLeamington is a municipality in Essex County, Ontario and has a population of about 26,000. It has a large H. Heinz factory and it lays claim to being the "Tomato Capital of Canada", with 4 km² of this crop in the vicinity. Leamington is on the shore of L)

The most extensive orchards in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in are apple and orangeOranges are the fruits of an orange tree, one of the most common citrus fruits. Oranges are widely grown in warmer climates and are distributed worldwide. The name "orange" refers both to the fruit and its color — the color is named for the fruit. The fla orchards, although citrus orchards are more commonly called groves. The most extensive apple orchard area is in eastern Washington state, while there are extensive orange orchards in Florida and southern California. A particular advantage of growing apples on the high plateau areas of Washington state is that it's possible to grow high-quality organic apples.

Other important orchard crops in tropical areas include coconuts, cacao, and coffee.

The forest garden is a food production system that is closely related to the orchard. A move towards more ecologically-friendly coffee production has led to forest-garden production of coffee. Brazil nuts and rubber have been produced in such a method for years.

Other important orchard crops in the United States include:

• Cherries.
• Grapefruit.
• Lemons.
• Limes.
• English walnuts.
• Oranges.
• Peaches.
• Pecans.
• Plums

See also:

• Berries.
• Citrus.
• Fruit.
• Fruit trees.
• Fruit tree forms.
• Fruit tree pollination.
• Fruit tree propagation.
• Pruning fruit trees.