A chum from another forum suggested I join here for advice.
We're (hopefully) moving in July, to a house where we will have room for quite a few fruit trees. We'd like to be as self-provident for food as we can be, including fruit.
All that is there ATM are a couple of apples, no idea of variety, they are mature, looking at the trunk and oldest branches, but have been pruned and are fairly diminutive.
The young bit of the house is 18th century, and enthused by this I'm thinking perhaps I should be looking at heritage varieties, but I also want things we'll really enjoy and, with fruits that can store, ones that will store well, as whole fruit, although I'll process as much as I can.
I'd be happy to wait and see what the existing apples are, but family friends have suggested we start thinking sooner rather than later about what trees and varieties we want to grow, as they would like to give them as house warming gifts.
So, I am looking for advice into varieties, or where to get more ideas of varieties of apples, plums (was thinking maybe a yellow, a biggish blueish one, and a greengage?) pears..probably only need one pear, maybe two for variety?, cherries. I'd be interested in peaches too, but they probably need a more sheltered spot, I wonder if the might be better espaliered against a wall? I have a wall that is south facing on a boundary.
My husband would like some nut trees too.
what else should we be thinking about? (I doubt we'll get to arranging a fruit cage for soft fruits within a year. )
We're (hopefully) moving in July, to a house where we will have room for quite a few fruit trees. We'd like to be as self-provident for food as we can be, including fruit.
All that is there ATM are a couple of apples, no idea of variety, they are mature, looking at the trunk and oldest branches, but have been pruned and are fairly diminutive.
The young bit of the house is 18th century, and enthused by this I'm thinking perhaps I should be looking at heritage varieties, but I also want things we'll really enjoy and, with fruits that can store, ones that will store well, as whole fruit, although I'll process as much as I can.
I'd be happy to wait and see what the existing apples are, but family friends have suggested we start thinking sooner rather than later about what trees and varieties we want to grow, as they would like to give them as house warming gifts.
So, I am looking for advice into varieties, or where to get more ideas of varieties of apples, plums (was thinking maybe a yellow, a biggish blueish one, and a greengage?) pears..probably only need one pear, maybe two for variety?, cherries. I'd be interested in peaches too, but they probably need a more sheltered spot, I wonder if the might be better espaliered against a wall? I have a wall that is south facing on a boundary.
My husband would like some nut trees too.
what else should we be thinking about? (I doubt we'll get to arranging a fruit cage for soft fruits within a year. )
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