A method for the production of fruit trees including the steps of: grafting of an offshoot or propagation material of the variety to be propagated on a grafting point of a rootstock, to form a tree, planting of the rootstock in a nursery, pot or greenhouse ground and subsequent transplanting of the developed tree in a production ground; wherein the planting takes place arranging the rootstock tilted to one side to form with the ground an angle of pre-set amplitude, smaller than 90° and preferably of 45° and with the offshoot in a substantially vertical position; in the transplanting step the rootstock is arranged in the production ground in a substantially vertical position, so that the trunk of the tree, which is angled in respect to the rootstock, forms a main side branch from which vine-like branches or side branches orientated upwards sprout.