What if you only want a small number of fruit trees and can't decide what to get?
Fruit trees that are self-fertile and don't require a pollinator:
Apple (eating): Red Windsor
Apple (cooking): Reverend W.Wilks
Cherry (eating): Stella
Cherry (cooking): Morello
Damson: Farleigh
Pear: Invincible (eating but can be used for cooking) , Sensation
Plum or Gage (eating): River's Early, Opal
Plum or Gage (cooking): Blaisdon Red
Please note that most of the above will fruit better if there is a pollinator (different variety with compatible pollen) in the vicinity
Compatible Pairs:
Apples (eating, early-mid season): Katy, Red Windsor
Apples (eating, mid season-late): Herefordshire Russet, Honeycrisp
Apples (eating and cooking): Red Windsor , Reverend W. Wilks
Cherries (eating) : Stella, Sweetheart
Cherries (eating and cooking): Stella, Morello
Pears (eating): Invincible, Sensation
Pears (eating and cooking): Invincible, Catillac
Plums and Gages (eating): Opal, River's Early
Plums and Gages (cooking): , Blaison Red, Yellow Pershore
Compatible triplets
Apples (eating): Katy, Red Windsor, Herefordshire Russet
Apples (2 x eating and 1 x cooking): Katy, Red Windsor, Bramley's Seedling/Bramley 20)
Apples (1 x eating and 2 x cooking): Red Windsor, Bramley's Seedling/Bramley 20, Reverend W Wilks
Cherries (2 x eating and 1 x cooking): Stella, Sweetheart, Morello
Pears (eating): Beth, Invincible, Sensation
Pears (2 x eating and 1 x cooking): Invincible, Sensation, Catillac
Plums and Gages (eating): Cambridge Gage, Opal, River's Early,
Plums and Gages (cooking): Blaisdon Red, Purple Pershore, Yellow Pershore
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