20 trees are planted per acre? In a 6 acre apple orchard, it is decided to plant 20 or more trees per acre. If 20 trees are planted per acre then each mature tree will yield 400 apples per year. For each additional tree planted per acre, the number of apples produced by each tree decreases by 12 per year. Express the total number of apples A produced per year in terms of the number n of trees per acre.