Ok.. this is roughly how fruit trees work.
In the spring the trees will be covered with flowers. If all the conditions
are right in a few weeks you will start to see little tiny fruit where the
flowers were. There's no mistaking that fruit is coming.
If you found one apple on the ground I'd suspect that's the only one you were
going to get this year... maybe animals ate the rest? Or wind blew the "baby"
fruit off before they got very big. Or maybe there weren't any insects to
pollinate the flowers? Maybe they were cross-pollinating trees and you needed
more than one of each kind of tree to get fruit? Lot's of things can go wrong.
You'll do much better next spring. Do lot's of research about fruit trees.
Good luck,
Laura B.
Okay, I was out today taking a good hard look at my trees to see if I can
see any
fruit or prospect of any fruit. I couldn't see anything, than looked on the
ground and
found an apple! Only one apple. I brought it inside and cut it open and no
worms either!
Can I expect to get more apples later? If one apple is worm free will they
all be? Being
as I don't know if they have ever been treated with anything will they be
okay to eat?
When looking at the Pear tree I can see long leaf like things on it but not
leaf shaped.
Are they future Pears? I have no clue what a pear looks like in the really
early stage.
As far as the Peach tree well it is obvious that it is sick. No peaches, no
leaves on the
lower 1/3 of the tree.
I will be heading to the nursery sometime next week. I want to have some
good fruit next
year from these and hoping the Peach tree isn't too sick.
"Frogleg" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 22:37:15 -0700, "GoldLexus2000"
wrote:
I live in Portland, Oregon.
When we looked at the house a year ago (we bought my best friends house)
the trees had peaches and pears, don't remember if there were any apples.
Anyway, our friends weren't living in the house a year ago so any fruit
that
grew were never
picked or picked up off the ground which may have made the trees
vulnerable
to all
sorts of stuff.
I guess I will need to head to the nursery and find out how to get these
trees to the
glory they should be. Boy, I feel so clueless right now.
If you can't see fruit on the trees (or on the ground) now, you're
pretty much done for this year. Apples are, I believe, the latest of
the fruits you mention to become ripe for harvest. I would, indeed,
seek expert advice from a garden center or Your Local Extension Agent
as to measures you can take to keep these trees healthy and
productive. I hope Pam will join this thread and provide some expert
advice for you. Can you ask your best friend something about the
history and care of the trees?
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