"Dwayne & Angela" wrote in message
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"Rupert" wrote in message
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"Dwayne & Angela" wrote in message
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anyone know of a place either in the midlands or mail order where I can
get a apple and plum or pear and plum? I seem to remember reading about
them but cant find them have tried googling but no joy. or maybe I was
dreaming???

You can buy what are commonly called "Fruit Cocktail " trees which
contain as many different fruits as a green grocer.

knew I had seen them somewhere although I doubt if some of those fruits
would fruit properly here, but I am new to all this stuff and am willing
to listen to any advice either way.
e.g..
http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?pid=5556

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I have never seen a multi fruit tree-so I suppose they are not that
successful in the long term.
Martin is quite correct that attempting to prune different trees in the same
hole would require a lot of dedication.
If you want to have a go then pay attention to the type of rootstock and
make it a big wide hole.
I would settle for one good single fruit and buy the rest from the
Supermarket:-)