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Have you considered pollinizers for these varieties?

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I don’t have specific pollinizers. The varieties I have should pollinate itself.

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I don’t think so (except Pinova). You should check the status for each individual variety and which pollinizers are recommended. This is essential information that you need to know in the planning phase.

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Hey European folks,

I may be moving to either northern Spain or somewhere in France, perhaps for good, and there’s flexibility in destination. Of course I’m thinking about it in terms of fruit potential.

We’d ideally avoid areas where land is too expensive. I know it’s a huge range of options, but if you could select some choice regions within France or northern Spain, from a fruit point of view, what regions would be you pick, and why?

Thanks in advance!

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https://g.co/kgs/UmFSSZn
Patrice Besse
Hunt around on their offerings.
I was amazed how inexpensive an old manor or chateau with land was when I was looking years ago. Maybe prices have changed.

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I live in portugal. Very cheap incredible lands. I live the mountain range “Serra da Estrela” and its beautiful here

Belaserra.com

https://www.idealista.pt/agencias-imobiliarias/porto-distrito/imobiliarias

Any questions or advice just ask

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Hello,

I am not really new here, but new to the European corner. Moved to Dublin recently and am loving it here. No fruit trees/shrubs yet but will place an order with local company next month.

Last lived on Maui but mostly have lived in the Pacific Northwest in the US. Prior to leaving I donated my citrus and fig trees to a group helping retree Lahaina after the big fire.

I look forward especially to apple trees again. I will miss not growing GoldRush again but think the season is too short for it here. I am especially looking forward to having Karmijn de Sonnaville again! The yard is quite small but I will fit 4 trees in pots. Thanks for starting this group up.

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Check out this website. Maybe you’ll find some interesting varieties!

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Hi Quill I am in Kilkenny and have just started a small nursery focusing on fruit and nut trees.Our focus is to produce difficult to get trees which will be added to our website as soon as we can propagate them.

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That’s great! Keep us posted on your progress. I bet that is a great area for doing nurseries.

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I will do thank you.
The web address is www.ediblegardens.ie
I expect to have some exciting varieties in the coming years.

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Hi! I’m Sjoerd and I’m from the Netherlands. Not new on the forum, but I just discovered the European corner.

I grow things on my allotment, and my neighbours don’t want trees casting shade, so I grow a lot of bush-shaped plants and the few trees that were already there when I took over the allotment. On the spectrum from reliable production to weird stuff, I’m definitely on the weird stuff side. I thought I’d share my plant list here in case anyone nearby wants to trade plants or experiences!

Order Family Genus Species Cultivar / subspecies Common name Dutch name
Cornales Cornaceae Cornus mas Bolestraszycki cornelian cherry kornoeljekers
Cornales Cornaceae Cornus mas Elegantnyi cornelian cherry kornoeljekers
Cornales Cornaceae Cornus mas Jantarnyj cornelian cherry kornoeljekers
Cornales Cornaceae Cornus mas Niezny cornelian cherry kornoeljekers
Cornales Cornaceae Cornus mas Szafer cornelian cherry kornoeljekers
Dipsacales Adoxaceae Viburnum trilobum Phillips highbush cranberry Gelderse roos
Dipsacales Adoxaceae Viburnum trilobum Wentworth highbush cranberry Gelderse roos
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Aurora haskap honingbes
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Blue treasure haskap honingbes
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Boreal beast haskap honingbes
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Boreal beauty haskap honingbes
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Boreal blizzard haskap honingbes
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Giant’s heart haskap honingbes
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Lawina haskap honingbes
Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Lonicera caerulea Vostorg haskap honingbes
Ericales Actinidiaceae Actinidia arguta two seedlings (unknown sex) hardy kiwi kiwibes
Ericales Ericaceae Gaultheria mucronata Pink prickly heath parelbes
Ericales Ericaceae Gaultheria procumbens Big berry wintergreen bergthee
Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium corymbosum Chandler blueberry blauwe bes
Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium corymbosum Coville blueberry blauwe bes
Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium corymbosum Darrow blueberry blauwe bes
Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium corymbosum Reka blueberry blauwe bes
Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium corymbosum × virgatum Pink lemonade blueberry blauwe bes
Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium macrocarpon Crowley cranberry cranberry
Ericales Ericaceae Vaccinium macrocarpon Early black cranberry cranberry
Myrtales Myrtaceae Feijoa sellowiana seedlings Feijoa Feijoa
Myrtales Myrtaceae Ugni molinae Bella berry Chilean guava Chileense guave
Myrtales Myrtaceae Ugni molinae Big burning pink Chilean guava Chileense guave
Myrtales Myrtaceae Ugni molinae Pretty berry (= Bella berry?) Chilean guava Chileense guave
Myrtales Myrtaceae Ugni molinae Villarica strawberry Chilean guava Chileense guave
Ranunculales Berberidaceae Berberis darwinii - Darwin’s barberry darwinbes, berberis
Ranunculales Berberidaceae Berberis koreana Rubin Korean barberry koreaanse zuurbes
Ranunculales Lardizabalaceae Akebia quinata White chocolate akebia schijnaugurk
Ranunculales Lardizabalaceae Akebia trifoliata Big fruit akebia chocoladerank
Rosales Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus umbellata Brilliant rose autumn olive olijfwilg
Rosales Elaeagnaceae Elaeagnus umbellata Vernedeld autumn olive olijfwilg
Rosales Moraceae Ficus carica Firoma fig vijg
Rosales Moraceae Maclura tricuspidata Seedless Che che Chinese aardbeienboom
Rosales Rosaceae × Sorbaronia (Aronia arbutifila x Aria edulis) × Sorbus aucuparia Burka hybrid rowan (mountain ash) lijsterbeshybride
Rosales Rosaceae Amelanchier alnifolia Martin saskatoon krentenboompje
Rosales Rosaceae Amelanchier alnifolia Sleyt saskatoon krentenboompje
Rosales Rosaceae Aronia melanocarpa Hugin chokeberry appelbes
Rosales Rosaceae Aronia melanocarpa Professor Ed chokeberry appelbes
Rosales Rosaceae Chaenomeles × californica Tamara flowering quince sierkwee
Rosales Rosaceae Chaenomeles × californica Maksym flowering quince sierkwee
Rosales Rosaceae Chaenomeles japonica Cido flowering quince sierkwee
Rosales Rosaceae Chaenomeles japonica Cido Red flowering quince sierkwee
Rosales Rosaceae Chaenomeles speciosa Rubra flowering quince sierkwee
Rosales Rosaceae Crataegus schraderiana - blue hawthorn meidoorn
Rosales Rosaceae Fragaria × ananassa ?mix strawberry aardbei
Rosales Rosaceae Fragaria moschata - strawberry aardbei
Rosales Rosaceae Fragaria moschata Schöne Wienerin strawberry aardbei
Rosales Rosaceae Fragaria vesca - strawberry aardbei
Rosales Rosaceae Malus domestica ?no.1 apple appel
Rosales Rosaceae Malus domestica ?no.2 apple appel
Rosales Rosaceae Malus domestica ?no.3 apple appel
Rosales Rosaceae Malus domestica ?no.4, graft James Grieve? apple appel
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus cerasus Kelleriis 16, graft Safir cherry kers
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus cerasus Oblačinska cherry kers
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus cerasus × fruticosa Carmine jewel cherry kers
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus domestica ?no.1 plum pruim
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus domestica ?no.2 plum pruim
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus pumila var. besseyi western sand cherry kers
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus pumila var. depressa eastern sand cherry kers
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus tomentosa - nanking cherry kers
Rosales Rosaceae Prunus tomentosa Snövit nanking cherry kers
Rosales Rosaceae Pyrus communis ?no.1 pear peer
Rosales Rosaceae Pyrus communis Conference, graft Red Clapp’s Favorite pear peer
Rosales Rosaceae Rosa gallica officinalis / Apothecary’s Rose rose roos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus arcticus Beata arctic raspberry framboos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus arcticus Marika arctic raspberry framboos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus arcticus Tarja arctic raspberry framboos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus fruticosus? ?mix blackberry braam
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus idaeus ? (Abshof) raspberry framboos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus idaeus ?mix red raspberry framboos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus illecebrosus - balloon berry aardbeiframboos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus occidentalis Black jewel black raspberry framboos
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus phoenicolasius - wineberry wijnbes
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus tricolor blackberry braam
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus ursinus × idaeus Boysenberry hybrid blackberry frambraam
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus ursinus × idaeus Tayberry hybrid blackberry frambraam
Rosales Rosaceae Rubus xanthocarpus raspberry framboos
Rosales Rosaceae Sorbus aucuparia - rowan (mountain ash) lijsterbes
Rosales Rosaceae Sorbus aucuparia Krasnaja Krupnaja rowan (mountain ash) lijsterbes
Sapindales Rutaceae Zanthoxylum piperitum Purple leaves (Black magic) sansho Japanse szechuanpeper
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes × nidigrolaria Josta jostaberry jostabes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes nigrum ?mix blackcurrant zwarte bes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes nigrum Blackbells blackcurrant zwarte bes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes nigrum Little Black Sugar blackcurrant zwarte bes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes rubra ?mix red currant aalbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes rubra Junifer currant aalbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa seedlings (including from Sweden) gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa ?red gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa Darling gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa HinnonmÀki Grön gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa HinnonmÀki Röd gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa Lady Sun gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa mislabelled as Spinefree, according to Wijdehorst Captivator, but has a lot of spines, so probably something else gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa Mr. Green gooseberry kruisbes
Saxifragales Grossulariaceae Ribes uva-crispa Mucurines gooseberry kruisbes
Vitales Vitaceae Vitis vinifera ?blue grape druif

In addition to these plants I have some seedlings of pears, plums, (nanking) cherries and other stuff I could find fruits/seeds of in pots at home. I find most people on this forum are from the US, so perhaps this is the best place to share!

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Hi!

I am from The Netherlands, and I have moved to Portugal almost two years ago. This last spring I found an almost 2 hectares plot of land which I am reclaiming from brambles, with lots of ideas and dreams to build up something beautiful here. This autumn I started creating a fruit orchard, a vegetable garden, and a tree nursery. Right now I have 20-25 different fruit trees, and many more berries, currants, grapes, kiwi and more. I am very interested in collecting and crossing rare varieties, especially plums and interspecific plums. I would love to exchange seeds and/or scions with other people in Europe, though I am afraid I don’t have many interesting things to offer myself yet as most of my trees are just bought, are quite common, or are of an unknown variety because they were already on the land.

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Hi,
my name is Pierpaolo and I’m from Italy. I live in the Marche region, in zone 9a, on the plains at about 250 meters above the sea level.
I grow almost all types of fruit trees, but my area is sometimes subjected to late frost, so I haven’t harvested many apricots in recent years. I am particularly interested in stone fruits and would be happy to exchange scions with other European partecipants in this wonderful forum.
A list of my variety, non from all is possible to take scions because are too small.

Apricots: Somo, Pinkcot?, Rubista, early ripening (without name), late August ripening (without name), Pisana, Tsunami, Hunza.

Cherry: Durone 1, maggiolino, Bigarreau napoleon, Bigarreau Burlat, New Star, Van, Royal Tioga?.

Apple: rosa dei monti Sibillini (old variety from Marche), rosa gentile, starking, imperatore, San Pietro, annurca, muso di bue (old variety from Marche), Gala, Calvilla rossa d’inverno, Cioca Rumela, Renetta dei Carmelitani, Renetta grigia di Torriana, Rosa di Caldaro, Durello Modenese.
Scab resistant: Florina, Freedom, Liberty, Enterprise, Topaz, Gold Rush.

Pomegranate: Mollar

Pear: Coscia, Coscia precoce, Butirra hardy, William, max red barlett, bella di giugno, Spadona del curato, favorita di Clapp, red starkrimson, decana del comizio, Conference, Carmen, Nobile, Uvedale St. Germain.

Peach: Inka, Fairtime, Royal Summer, Loriplat, Springbelle, J. H. Hale, Frutteria, Cresthaven.

European plum: Regina Claudia gialla, grossa di felisio, precoce di Ersinger.

Other plum and hybrids: obilnaja, santa rosa, black amber, Friar, Morettini 355, Flavor King, Flavor Supreme, Dapple Dandy.

Olive: piantone di Falerone, piantone di Mogliano, carboncella, sargano di fermo, leccino, pendolino, ascolana.

Grape: Malvasia del Lazio, Trebbiano, Ciliegiolo, Fragola bianca e fragola nera, Pizzutello bianco.

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Hello,
I am from Aveiro, Portugal. I did a reflorestation of native plants (25+ species of trees and shrubs) in a field we had lost to fire a couple of years before and had left a small space for a fruit trees orchard. I planted over 50 trees last year (some varieties of peachs, nectarines, apples, pears, citrus, etc and I am preparing this new year planting season. I will add some persimmons, pluots and sub-tropic trees as well as adding some varieties I couldn’t find last year. I will start to try doing some grafting this year as well.
I am glad to have found this forum and looking forward to learn a lot.
Samuel

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Hi all! I may be moving to Stockholm for work. I was surprised to find out it is only about 1 USDA zone colder than where I currently live in Charlotte, NC. I’ll be sad to leave my fruit tree collection, but it looks like a lot of the apples, plums and blueberries I love here will work over there as well.

Does anyone know any good nurseries or resources for unusual fruit that I could source? I’m assuming there are laws limiting importing plants - has anyone been able to grow anything like paw paws?

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Welcome! As you would be living in the EU, I imagine you’ll have access to just about everywhere here. I recently received an order from France (to Dublin). I don’t know about particular items as I wanted the more usual fare. However if you try a search here you should pull up some nurseries.

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Hello.

I live in Norway, so I don’t know of any nurseries near Stockholm, but I’m sure there are plenty.

Reading your post, I remembered reading this article: Ett besök till Nordens största asimina-odling – SkogstrĂ€dgĂ„rdsbloggen

Just use Google Translate and read about how this guy has been able to get some pawpaws in Sweden.

I’ll also add that even though the hardiness zone is just 1 away from your current one, you will be moving a lot further north. With the implications you can see below in the screenshot.

I’ve tried growing both pawpaws and persimmons from seed, and they have not survived my winters.. Mainly/probably due to the lack of warmth in summer. Lack of lignification seems to be the cause.

Apples, pears, blueberries, plums ++ grow well though.

Good luck to you!

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Wow that chart is really useful! Looks like my days of growing a dozen tomato plants may be done unless I build a greenhouse.

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Is anyone willing to share scionwood? I am seeking apples and pears, particularly commercial varieties. Send me a message please :slight_smile: