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Trey9123 Greer, SC Sep 12, 2010

I just bought a house in the South Carolina mountains and have room for exactly 2 more trees.......decisions, decisions. I would like to put in a couple of fruit trees, namely apples. I would prefer sweet crisp apples for fresh eating over cooking apples or tart apples. I like Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, and Pink Lady alot. Anything else in that genre would probably peek my interest. My question is, can anyone suggest which two to plant for cross pollination. I would like to extend my apple season as long as possible, so an early and a later ripening would be great. I would also prefer to have plants with good disease resistance and easy care. Any ideas for my duo would be much appreciated. Thanks

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Sep 13, 2010

Info from one of the articles that critter wrote
"Apples can't cross-pollinate if they don't bloom at the same time. Some early bloomers don't still have pollen available by the time later varieties start blooming. A few apple varieties are sterile and don't produce any pollen." "Spacing of 50 feet or less is generally recommended for good pollination of dwarf trees, 20 feet for semi-dwarfs. Crabapples are decorative landscape trees with long blooming seasons, and they make excellent pollinizer for the apple trees in your orchard"

I think only members can read articles....
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1751/

My favorite new eating apple is Cameo....I will not eat any other fresh.

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Trey9123 Greer, SC Sep 13, 2010

I just cut down a crab apple because it was dropping all over my driveway.

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Sep 13, 2010

Probably not the best place for a fruit tree

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Trey9123 Greer, SC Sep 13, 2010

Can you use pears to pollinate apples and vise versa?

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flowAjen central, NJ(Zone 6b) Sep 13, 2010

I didn't think so but when researching found this.....

"pears can cross-pollinate with apples, as long as both trees bloom at
the same time."

http://www.enjoygardening.com/wp-content/downloads/FruitTreePollination.pdf

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