Orchard's initial scope for fruit (6)
I believe the answer is:
orange
'for fruit' is the definition.
(orange is a kind of fruit)
'orchard's initial scope' is the wordplay.
'initial' indicates taking the first letters.
'scope' becomes 'range' (synonyms).
The first letter of 'orchard' is 'o'.
'o'+'range'='ORANGE'
(Other definitions for orange that I've seen before include "tree" , "Belisha beacon colour" , "divided internally, naturally" , "shade" , "An ogre (anag.)" .)