Published June 1987. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
This publication will help you decide if a home orchard is right for you. It also gives guidelines for growers, how to plan your home for an orchard, planting and early care, care of bearing trees as well as harvesting and storage.
Published March 1993. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Why be concerned about pollination? While most varieties of pear will set some fruit without cross pollination, usually they will set more and better fruit with it. Cross pollination means the transfer of pollen from the anthers of flowers of one variety to the stigma of flowers of another.
When you follow one of the several successful ways to train peach trees, you’ll produce structurally strong trees that can carry heavy crops without breakage. Following one of these training methods is essential.
Success in mechanical harvesting of sweet cherries often depends as much on the way trees have been trained and pruned as on the harvest machinery used, crop load, or degree of fruit maturity.
All sweet cherry varieties, except Stella and some Stella crosses, are self-incompatible and must be cross-pollinated for satisfactory yields. Royal Ann (Napoleon), Bing, and Lambert are cross-incompatible as are some other combinations of varieties.