In article , Duncan
writes
I have a 2 metre by 3 metre plot which is really a huge container, with a
brick retaining wall and a concrete base under 2 feet of soil. I'd like to
grow a small tree there. Would a small apple tree cope with this (North-East
England, sunny, very near coast but well sheltered from winds), and if so,
what rootstock would you suggest (bigger than step-over or cordon
preferably) ? Or other kinds of fruit-tree ?

Apple trees do not set fruit well from their own pollen - they need
another apple tree flowering at the same time nearby.
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Kay
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