Fruit Trees ..apple ...pear And Plum...can These Trees All In Group

[lilacben]

3 pollination ...all be planted together ok.?

[grasscarp]

As a child we had an orchard with apples pears plums greengages medlars quinces etc

[Clanad]

Sure... but be aware that many fruit trees... especially varities of apples require a second tree nearby for pollination...

[johnk]

I have all three plus a cherry quite close together and they do well.

[Chipchopper]

All three of the fruit trees that you mention are in the same family (rosaceae) but belong to different genus's, Malus,Pyrus, Prunus, respectively, so to ensure good pollination to occur, you ideally want them to pollinate with their own kind.
If there are wild trees in your area ie crab apple, you should expect good apple harvests.

[lilacben]

Hi, No other fruit trees around.. I thought prehaps because they where all in the same pollination group they would pollinate each other? would this not be the case ? many thanks for all your help

[Chipchopper]

In this case I would go for self-fertile varieties.

[kategall]

Species can only pollinate others of its own kind - apples will only pollinate other apples, pears will only pollinate pears, and so on. Amongst apples there is generally no distinction between crab apples, cider apples, and mainstream apples - they can all potentially cross-pollinate each other.

One of the easiest and simplest ways to see if two varieties could pollinate each other is to check their pollination or flowering groups. The flowering groups are not the only factor in determining compatibility between varieties, but they are a good starting point.

Thanks
Kate Galleozzie
http://envirofrontier.com.au