Certain apple cultivars do not produce fertile pollen (triploids) and cannot fertilize other apples such as Gravenstein, Jonagold or Mutsu. Choose two different cultivars in the same or adjacent pollination groups and plant them within 60 ft. Apples are grouped into 7 pollination groups based on their bloom season: very early season, early season, early midseason, midseason, late midseason, late season and very late season. A few apple trees are self-fertile but they produce better in the presence of a pollinator. Most require pollen from a different cultivar (apples are self-incompatible) that flowers at the same time.
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Some apple varieties are precocious, producing fruit a year or so earlier, and reaching full production a year or so earlier.A standard apple tree will bear fruit in 6-10 years, a semi-dwarf tree in 4-6 years and a dwarf tree in 3-4 years. The type of rootstock also determines how long it will take to bear apples.They can add a charming presence, tucked into a shrub border, or planted as a specimen. Dwarf and semi-dwarf apple trees will fit into the garden without sacrificing too much garden space.
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The fruit itself is full size and not dwarfed. Since edible apple cultivars do not grow well on their own roots, most varieties have been grafted onto rootstocks and are classified as dwarf (8-10 ft, 2-3 m), semi-dwarf (12-15 ft, 3-5 m) and standard (18-25 ft, 5-8 m).Apple trees should be planted when dormant from late fall until early spring.They prefer a sheltered, frost-free position. Full sun lovers, apple trees are easily grown in deep, loamy, moderately fertile, medium moisture, well-drained soils.
However low-chill varieties requiring less than 400 hours of winter chill can bear apples in zones 9-10 such as Lady Pink, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Gravenstein or Jonagold.
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