Refers to a field or plot where fruit trees are grown; less common than 果樹園 (かじゅえん) for commercial orchards.
Behind my grandfather's house there is a small orchard.
Standard kanji spelling for 'orchard'.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes seen in informal writing.
Compound of 果物 (くだもの, 'fruit') and 畑 (はたけ, 'field'), with rendaku voicing of はたけ to ばたけ.