Improve your harvest by addressing these common obstacles. If you planted fruit trees dreaming of harvesting juicy pears, pie-ready apples, and sweet summer peaches fresh from your own backyard ...

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We show you how to get started. The most commonly planted fruit trees are apple trees but you don't always have to follow convention. Pear, plum, fig and medlar trees can also produce good results.

The most common tree fruits grown in home orchards are apples, pears (European and Asian), and stone fruits (peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, pluots, and cherries). Apple trees are commonly ...

UK-grown pears, quince and medlars follow. It is worth buying unfamiliar varieties of tree fruit, especially apples, as some will only be around for a week or two. All tree fruit should feel heavy ...

When ripe, they will change color (usually from green to gold) and will give slightly when you press your thumb against the top of the fruit. Asian pears can be allowed to ripen on the tree ...

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The harvest season for apples and pears is in full swing - and it's not just in private gardens that people are picking. Fruit can also be collected from meadow orchards and urban gardening sites.