What Is The Easiest Fruit ?

[ninnymary]

A sideways hijacking .... My son wants to replace his ancient apple trees on his small city lot (there was a Jonathan and a red delicious) He likes Sweet/tart, crisp and juicy. Something that may produce quickly. I remember Mary having to wait 4+ for her honey crisp to do anything. Suggestions please.

It wasn't me. My honey crisp is in a pot and only 2 years old. The first year it gave me 2 tiny apples.

Mary

 

[ninnymary]

Plums, figs, and citrus are super easy here in the bay area.

Mary

 

[Carol Dee]

It wasn't me. My honey crisp is in a pot and only 2 years old. The first year it gave me 2 tiny apples.

Mary

oops, I thought it was. Hmmm now I wonder ?

 

[thistlebloom]

oops, I thought it was. Hmmm now I wonder ?

I think it was me. Mine took forever to finally bear. They are semi-dwarf if that makes any difference.

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

depending on what they are grafted to could affect how soon the fruit could bear. also, the scions can affect how quickly they bear. i had a chart some time back that gave me a list of what was compatible. last year i lost it when my hard drive crashed. i grafted my trees in 2013 to Bud9 rootstock. i've seen flowers on some of the trees the past 2 years but last summer i got 2 of those trees to give me some decent fruit. i have apples on the other side of the property that were planted the same year but were purchased & they gave some small apples. so it seems 3-4 years is a good average for grafting till production.

pear trees can take 3-6 years from grafting. i'll be doing a few of these this year. some new to me varieties & some of the ones i have on the property. it took 3 years for my pears to start producing fruit.

if chip or bud grafting onto larger trees this shouldn't take as long to bear. i haven't done these methods yet so not sure how soon it takes.

 

[Nyboy]

It wasn't till a couple of years ago I realized I wasn't eating ripe pears. They have to sit awhile after picking. Now they get so sweet and juicy it is like eating candy

 

[Chickie'sMomaInNH]

pick them when they are still hard. store in a paper bag for a couple weeks in the fridge & then give them a try. or, you could get some Asian pears that you can just pick & eat! they don't store well though

 

[Nyboy]

a couple of weeks forgotten sounds prefect for my fridge