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Pollinating Apple Tree?
John18
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in Fruit & veg
So I'm thinking about getting an apple tree. Does the tree need to be pollinated to grow apples? I don't think there is any other apple trees within 5 miles of me, will the fruit still grow? (I don't understand the biology of fruit trees very much)
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Most apple trees will not fruit without being cross-pollinated by another apple tree of the right group - some are described as self-fertile but still fruit better when they have a pollination partner.
Here is a list of trees and which other apples are in the right group to pollinate them.
http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/Apple-Tree-Pollination
and if you scroll down there's loads more information for you.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove's right, you'll need a pair of them - I've used the website she has posted and it is good once you get your head round the code system! I think the other alternative is to plant an apple tree with a crab apple, as that will also pollinate anything (think that gets mentioned on the same site, coz otherwise I don't know where I would have picked that fact up).
Well worth getting one though - they are trees with real character