http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/12/how-to-make-a-fruit-salad-tree/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/12/how-to-make-a-fruit-salad-tree/#comment-34195 Helen Mc Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:34:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39812#comment-34195 I have two of these trees- a Pear that gives us four delicious varieties, and a Plum that was to have provided two kinds of plums and two kinds of apricots. However, the Plum has only come up with one kind so far, so if you buy such a tree keep your receipt for a while till you are sure it is performing as advertised. It's a great concept for small back yards though - I love it! H McF I have two of these trees- a Pear that gives us four delicious varieties, and a Plum that was to have provided two kinds of plums and two kinds of apricots. However, the Plum has only come up with one kind so far, so if you buy such a tree keep your receipt for a while till you are sure it is performing as advertised. It’s a great concept for small back yards though – I love it!
H McF

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/12/how-to-make-a-fruit-salad-tree/#comment-34193 John Lerch Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:36:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39812#comment-34193 I saw a multi-stone fruit tree in one of the standard catalogs about 30 years ago. I also have a tree in my backyard that originally was supposed to have 5 kinds of pear on it, (there seem to be only 2 left). The rootstock is an Imperial pear--or as I like to call it a Crown of Thorns Bradford Pear. (BTW I think Bradford pears might actually be in a different genus.) Also I once grafted a leaf from an apple seedling I had planted onto an apple tree; a few years later the tree had a huge Macintosh among many smaller apples that the tree usually produced. But I think I didn't know exactly where that branch was, and it may have gotten cut off. I saw a multi-stone fruit tree in one of the standard catalogs about 30 years ago. I also have a tree in my backyard that originally was supposed to have 5 kinds of pear on it, (there seem to be only 2 left). The rootstock is an Imperial pear–or as I like to call it a Crown of Thorns Bradford Pear. (BTW I think Bradford pears might actually be in a different genus.)
Also I once grafted a leaf from an apple seedling I had planted onto an apple tree; a few years later the tree had a huge Macintosh among many smaller apples that the tree usually produced. But I think I didn’t know exactly where that branch was, and it may have gotten cut off.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/12/how-to-make-a-fruit-salad-tree/#comment-34192 Mareka Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:12:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39812#comment-34192 Home Depot in Florida sells them for about $300 Home Depot in Florida sells them for about $300

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/12/how-to-make-a-fruit-salad-tree/#comment-34191 jimbo Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:46:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39812#comment-34191 This is a neat idea as long it is not like tomtato. When I was a kid I ordered that tomato/potato plant, what I got was a ring of potato for its eyes and some tomato seeds with instruction telling you to dig hole in the soil place the potato ring flat in the soil and put the tomato seeds in the middle cover and water and enjoy both. BIG Rip OFF. lol at the dumb Kid. This is a neat idea as long it is not like tomtato. When I was a kid I ordered that tomato/potato plant, what I got was a ring of potato for its eyes and some tomato seeds with instruction telling you to dig hole in the soil place the potato ring flat in the soil and put the tomato seeds in the middle cover and water and enjoy both. BIG Rip OFF. lol at the dumb Kid.

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