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I inherited a not too happy apple tree in my new garden. It had a lot of flowers in spring but only five or six apples. It's planted in a mixed shrub border, I can't do much about it, I don't want to move it and I want to keep most of the shrubs. So I am thinking about getting it a pollination partner, maybe it would help it to fruit better. I don't have space for a big tree but I certainly can do something on dwarf rootstock. I also plan to do some mulching/manure/BFB etc. to give it better conditions.
It is pink flowering. Photo from 8th May (viewing of the property). This is the best photo I have, I was trying to photograph the garden, not the tree.
These are after we moved in, end of July.
Apples, the wind 3 days ago torn them off the tree. I think they would need at least a week or two to be fully ripe.
We tried one a week ago (similar ripeness as these) and it was sour, not ripe enough, but not completely bad. It would be ok for cooking.
I guess they could also be some large fruiting crab apple, the previous owner was not to keen on edibles (there are two flowering cherries in the garden and not a single edible plant).
I know I probably don't have enough for an ID. I am hoping for some tips for pollination partners.
This is in North Wales, flowering end of April/1st half of May, ripening late (end of September?).
It is pink flowering. Photo from 8th May (viewing of the property). This is the best photo I have, I was trying to photograph the garden, not the tree.
These are after we moved in, end of July.
Apples, the wind 3 days ago torn them off the tree. I think they would need at least a week or two to be fully ripe.
We tried one a week ago (similar ripeness as these) and it was sour, not ripe enough, but not completely bad. It would be ok for cooking.
I guess they could also be some large fruiting crab apple, the previous owner was not to keen on edibles (there are two flowering cherries in the garden and not a single edible plant).
I know I probably don't have enough for an ID. I am hoping for some tips for pollination partners.
This is in North Wales, flowering end of April/1st half of May, ripening late (end of September?).
The previous owner loved gardening and was quite a plant collector (mostly roses and flowers but also shrubs, grasses, bamboo... it looks like he liked a bit of everything).
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