Thanks Bob - I'll have to learn to be patient then
Dove, that's really useful to know - I tried the nursery you recommended, but they had run out of most stock (probably because I am very late in ordering and they are good!) - good advice about Coxes - have heard so much negative stuff about this variety that I've decide to give the a miss - and yes, I am famous for writing essays which I then delete in a heartbeat!
Thanks Salino - I actually decided to order a dwark M27 Red falstaff in the end - great recommendation it sounds like a good all-rounder and not too difficult for a novice like me. I also have a crab apple close by, so am hoping this will make the Falstaff yield even better in subsequent years.
Thanks to everyone for your advice - it felt good to order my first ever fruit tree today
Blackmoor Nursery on line I have found reliable, so far! I have bought strawberry plants, raspberries, a sweet cherry on a new smallish rootstock, grapes and a family pear. They also send a regular news letter including offers, check lists and useful tips. Supermarket fruit trees don't always tell what rootstock they are and that is very important. In my first garden 40 yrs ago, as a newbee gardener I planted 3 half standard apples thinking that was small! They filled the garden! Ask around and see what grows well in your area. Google apples for your county.
Good luck!
You can't beat picking your own fruit then sitting looking at the tree whilst eating it!
I have one, self fertile dwarf apple called Croquella that gives small, crisp red apples. Last year was the first year that it failed to fruit but I think that was down to the abysmal weather....usually we get loads.
Would an apple tree and a pear tree fertilize each other, the reason I ask this is because when I lived in Kent, we had one apple and one conference pear in the garden, left over from the orchard, and we had stacks of fruit each year. Ps. Morrison's had some lovely pot grown ones for a tenner this morning. I was tempted
No, apples and pears will not fertilise each other - not ever not no how
Conference are pretty good self fertile croppers but will crop better with another pear from the same group in the vicinity - but they don't have to be that close - the same with some apples.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A Cox tree is unreliable but if you want a Cox flavour try a Sunset which is a Cox cross. The fruit is superb and it is self fertile. This may be too late for Jess but may be of help to others. A good nursery is rvrogers of pickering. They also sell a good range of plum trees and are always willing to answer any questions
I have a pear (not sure what it is, but definately is not a conference) I bought it from Parkers online nursery, (its still listed in their current catalogue, which I have mislaid)
The type I have grows straight up and down without spreading and according to my neighbours tree is a prolific fruiter. also wont grow any higher than 6/7' high.... all good..............EXCEPT!!! IT IS AS GOOD AS A WRITE OFF BECAUSE IT SUFFERS FROM FIREBLIGHT!! which destroys teh blossom... no blossom, no fruit!
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I already have a dwarf apple and I am looking for a dwarf plum or pear without success any advice ?
Thanks Bob - I'll have to learn to be patient then
Dove, that's really useful to know - I tried the nursery you recommended, but they had run out of most stock (probably because I am very late in ordering and they are good!) - good advice about Coxes - have heard so much negative stuff about this variety that I've decide to give the a miss - and yes, I am famous for writing essays which I then delete in a heartbeat!
Thanks Salino - I actually decided to order a dwark M27 Red falstaff in the end - great recommendation
it sounds like a good all-rounder and not too difficult for a novice like me. I also have a crab apple close by, so am hoping this will make the Falstaff yield even better in subsequent years.
Thanks to everyone for your advice - it felt good to order my first ever fruit tree today
Blackmoor Nursery on line I have found reliable, so far! I have bought strawberry plants, raspberries, a sweet cherry on a new smallish rootstock, grapes and a family pear. They also send a regular news letter including offers, check lists and useful tips. Supermarket fruit trees don't always tell what rootstock they are and that is very important. In my first garden 40 yrs ago, as a newbee gardener I planted 3 half standard apples thinking that was small! They filled the garden! Ask around and see what grows well in your area. Google apples for your county.
Good luck!
You can't beat picking your own fruit then sitting looking at the tree whilst eating it!
I have one, self fertile dwarf apple called Croquella that gives small, crisp red apples. Last year was the first year that it failed to fruit but I think that was down to the abysmal weather....usually we get loads.
No, apples and pears will not fertilise each other - not ever not no how
Conference are pretty good self fertile croppers but will crop better with another pear from the same group in the vicinity - but they don't have to be that close - the same with some apples.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks all - and for the online nursery time - has been bookmarked
A Cox tree is unreliable but if you want a Cox flavour try a Sunset which is a Cox cross. The fruit is superb and it is self fertile. This may be too late for Jess but may be of help to others. A good nursery is rvrogers of pickering. They also sell a good range of plum trees and are always willing to answer any questions
I have a pear (not sure what it is, but definately is not a conference) I bought it from Parkers online nursery, (its still listed in their current catalogue, which I have mislaid)
The type I have grows straight up and down without spreading and according to my neighbours tree is a prolific fruiter. also wont grow any higher than 6/7' high.... all good..............EXCEPT!!! IT IS AS GOOD AS A WRITE OFF BECAUSE IT SUFFERS FROM FIREBLIGHT!! which destroys teh blossom... no blossom, no fruit!
Oh no Peter, that really sucks!
Sorry to hear that Peter. I have had a couple of items replaced by Parkers when there have been problems. Might be worth contacting them