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Apples and Pears

Yorkshire GirlYorkshire Girl Posts: 51
in Fruit & veg
I am looking to buy a couple of espalier apple and pear trees.

I was thinking of the following:

Apple James Grieve
Apple Scrumptious 
Pear Williams Bon Chetrien
Pear Conference

Any comments/advice welcome, would really like your thoughts.

Thank you!

Posts

  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Grow fruit you know you will want to use and which will grow well in your garden. Don't buy just because they are on "special offer".
  • Yorkshire GirlYorkshire Girl Posts: 51
    I hope that these will grow well and we will definitely use the fruit. I haven't grown fruit before - so was just looking for advice on whether these are good varieties.
  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    Personally I would stick to well established varieties. The conference pear is the only one I recognise from your list. Make sure the trees are self fertile unless you have more than one. As for apples have you considered a cooker, such as Bramley? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I'm growing the pear Concorde as an espalier. Its a self fertile cross between  Conference and Comice. Large juicy fruit and very productive.  Highly recommended. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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