Dwarf fruit trees. where have you been all my life?

[vash]

mofo!!

i went to a nursery to look for bareroot trees. there was a peach tree there that was the size of a basket ball. the sign said, "dwarf Peach tree - PERFECT for containers"

i called my boss who i consider the local expert..he told me to come over and he showed me the exact same tree..all grown up. it is a bush!! like a mini-tree. about 4' tall and wide. i rushed back and grabbed a bareroot. i put it in a container in my dog run area.

i just had my backyard landscaped. if i knew, i would have left some area for some future tiny trees. as of now, i have a new Persimmon. if i want that dwarf, i'm gonna have to keep it pruned down aggressively. same with my lime tree..i did get a semi-dwarf lime tree tho.

tree science is cool. man, i hope i kill this thing.

[legion]

Where do you think they get the tiny fruit to put on tiny waffles?

[vash]

Originally Posted by legion

Where do you think they get the tiny fruit to put on tiny waffles?

Well played!

[RKDinOKC]

In the 70's at our old house my dad planted an orchard of dwarf fruit trees. They grew to about 10ft. Had 2 varieties of Apples, Pears, Plums, Peaches, Cherry, and Apricot. Two trees of each variety. Remember him having me plant them and making sure there was a specific distance from the ground to the first branch off the sapling.

Dad won some kind of award for his fruit trees back when he was in 4H.

[quicksix]

I worked for a local retail nursery last year, learned a lot about those trees.
Check out the "fruit salad" variety, they have 3 different fruits grafted to one rootstock. Also check if any you are buying need a pollinator, some of the cherries do.
These guys are the biggest in the state and have a great website.

http://r.duckduckgo.com/l/?kh=-1&uddg=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davewilson.com%2F
Oh yeah, check out the espalier type also, great way to get high yield in a small space, and they can be pruned to add visual interest

[VincentVega]

Originally Posted by legion

Where do you think they get the tiny fruit to put on tiny waffles?

I wish I could grow more fruit here. I planted a few apple trees, expect to be ~8' tall I think. Love the idea, I'll see if it works out.