Originally Posted by u751904

hi folks it is my first time here. I have got smitten by fruit trees. I am trying to fill as much space as possible with trees. I go for minerettes from ken muir. Very pleased with them. My latest purchased to arrive in nov is a pear which is to be fan trained against a fence. I have a tiny garden which has raised beds (live in the south west). About four years ago I threw out an apple core. A golden delicious I think. It grew, I even chopped the sappling in half 'cause I wasn't interested and was just in pruning mode. It grew back and produced apples in about year 2 or 3. I've just count 30 apples on this tree. For the previous two years the apples have been in excess of about four inches so I don't think it is reverted to a crab apple variety. They were sweet last time. This time the fruit looks heathy, the tree is much heathier now I am bothering to look after it. So my question is do you think I have managed by an act of god to get a new variety. Will it revert shortly to a crab apple, and since I am in a tiny garden is it feasible to keep it in a bush shape. I think my best bet is to remove the small garden hedge which is adjacent to this and grow the apple into a hedge. It seems pretty tough considering I've tried to kill it at least once. Of course this happened after spending £60 or so on ken muir stuff. Ken muir didn't think that it was worth keeping, and shouldn't have fruited so quickly. Regards Zoe