Apples and Pears

Thats a good price Freedy and sound advice from the nursery.

 

Came in from work tonight and the shopping channell was on, 4 fruit trees for �£19.99, eating apple, cooking apple, pear, and plum, Rob bought them for me for Valentines Ahhhh..
Whens Valentines???

 

What varieties Daisy?

 

Why did I call you Daisy? :D

 

Nice to see you back, David.

 

helloooo David, missed you..
Thats the thing, I dont know, it was at the end of the tree sale, i did see the trees in a pot, looked about 3..4..feet tall, coming in 10 days,woohoo..ill know then i suppose..Dee..

 

PS David, Daises fine

 

Thank you both for the welcome. Dee, if the cooker is a Bramley, you are going to need another 2 trees of the same pollination group. If the Pear is not Conference you will need another variety for pollination. The plum should be alright.

 

Tut Tut David, Rob thinks He heard Bramley. so i could possibly need another 3 trees?? Why would they sell 2 trees that dont polinate each other!! (you dont have to answer that David) probably sell the second pair next week :D
And valentines next Thursday

 

No, you would need another 2 trees of the same pollination group, let me know when they arrive and I will let you know which ones to get. :D

 

ok David Will do....

 

I`ve just had a thought Dee, I hope you`ve got a big garden, because these plants are going to need about 12ft ( 3.5m ) all round.

 

Nooooooooo...you taking the mick, hehe..

 

No I`m not, They`re trees, they need space. You could have the following scenario. If your eating apple is in a different pollination group to your cooking apple, you are going to need a second apple in the same group to pollinate it. As your cooking apple ( assuming it`s a Bramley )is in a different group you will you will need a further two trees in it`s group to get fruit from it.If the pear is not a Conference you will need a second tree for pollinating purposes and if the plum is not Victoria then you will need another for that. All clear so far? This means you could end up with 9 fruit trees in your garden, all about 15ft tall (if your lucky) :D Seriously, Dee, don`t panic. You do that when we know what trees you`ve got. If possible, you need to find out what rootstock they are all on.

 

Lets hope the neighbours have a few fruit trees to help out with the pollenation.