PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for growing a fruit tree having such a tree shape that the fruit tree is less likely to suffer frost damage and sunburn damage, and to provide a method for growing a fruit tree having such a tree shape that the growth of the fruit-bearing branch can be restricted, the growth of the fruit can be promoted, and the harvest time of the fruit can be hastened.SOLUTION: In a fruit tree 100, a part which is connected to the root and does not have a fruit-bearing branch 130 is a main trunk part 110, and a part which is connected to the main trunk part 110 and has the fruit-bearing branch 130 is a main branch part 120. The shape of the fruit tree is made by restricting the height of the main trunk part 110 so as to have a height suitable for agricultural work, making the main trunk part 110 which has grown to the suitable height grow in the same one direction so as to become parallel to a ridge along the ridge, making only one main branch part 120 grow from the main trunk part 110 along the ridge in the lateral direction which is the same one direction as the main trunk part 110, and making the main branch part 120 overlap with the upper surface or upper part of at least a part of a parallel part of a main trunk part 110 of the adjacent fruit tree 100 so as to cover the upper surface or upper part thereof.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】 凍害や日焼けの被害が生じにくい樹形を持つ果樹の育成方法を提供することを目的とする。また、結果枝の伸びを抑え、果実の成長を促進し、果実の収穫時期も早くすることができる樹形を持つ果樹の育成方法を提供することを目的とする。【解決手段】 根元につながり結果枝130がない部分を主幹部110とし、主幹部110につながり結果枝130を設ける部分を主枝部120とする果樹100において、主幹部110を農作業に適した高さとなるように抑えた高さに制限するとともに、高さに至った主幹部110を畝に沿って寝かして同じ一方向に伸ばしたものとし、主枝部120を主幹部110から一本のみ畝に沿って横方向に主幹部110と同じ一方向に伸ばし、隣接する果樹100の主幹部110の寝た部分の少なくとも一部の上面または上方を覆うようにオーバーラップさせた樹形とする。【選択図】 図1