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Carla in Sac, You are the answer to my prayers. The link you sent to me pretty much told me what I needed to know about the two apple trees in my back yard. I now know that The Home Depot, which is the place where I bought the apple trees, sold the top two warm climate apples according to the Kuffel Creek Top 10. This is my third year of fruit for the Anna apple tree and I am expecting the fruit to be larger and taste better than the first two years. It's so hard to thin the fruit because they look so healthy, but, I will do so if it means larger fruit. Again thanks a bunch and please keep in touch. My email is Islandscapes808@yahoo.com. I own a landscaping business and would like to incorporate fruit trees such as apples and blueberries into my landscaping designs. Unlike the peach tree, which still loses its leaves or turns brown, the apple tree stays nice and green year round and grows into an attractive tree. It also becomes a topic of conversation to guests since no one believes apple trees can grow here. Thanks, Kenny B

Glad to find others in Hawaii to share info with. I live in MT. View on the Big Island. On average it takes three years for a fruit tree to start producing after planting. I've had Florida Prince peaches for 5 years now.They started producing about 2 and a half years ago.Peaches and nectarines need heavy pruning each year to produce strong fruit wood each year. I prune out all dead and crossing branches first creating a vase shape. They produce flowers on last years summer growth, prune these down to three strongest buds. To get larger peaches you have to thin the fruit to every 2 to 3 inches. They are also hungry trees. Fertilize in January and again after fruit set with a higher phosphorous fertilizer. This is the third year I've had my Anna Apple and it is so loaded with fruit I've had to do alot of thinning. It seems to set fruit and flower at the same time. It started in January, I've harvested some apples and it is flowering still. I think it's great that the fruit will be ready for a prolonged time! I have a Hood Pear that does okay but really needs to cross pollinate to set more fruit, So I'm putting in a pinneapple pear this year so I can have more fruit. Here's a trick to get more pollination of your fruiting flowers- grow flowers around the tree- marigolds,asters and borage bring in the bees.More bees more fruit set. Also even when a tree says it's self fruitful it will benefit by having another tree nearby. Selffruitfuls can have better fruit set with the same exact tree variety planted nearby. Pears and plums benefit from another verity that will flower at the same time nearby. I also have Katy apricot, Methley and inca plum,and Einshemer apple, but they have only been in a year. You really can't know for sure if it will do well where you have them until that magic 3 comes and goes. also chill hours also work at 55-65 degrees , but you have to double the chill hours for that tree (eg. einshemer apples chill hours on the tag say 100 or less , that means it will need at least 200 hours at 55-65 degrees here) Hope this helps!

I have a peach, nectarine, plums, blueberries, apple and a Hood Pear plant. I reported here a few years ago, since then there has been nothing much to report. Only the Florida Prince peaches continue to fruit every year, and also the hood pear, my latest addition to my collection. The hood pear is really good, crisp and sweet, and the size is about what you will find in the markets. I am disappointed in the nectarine and my plums. They flower but do not necessarily fruit. I've gotten some very small fruits that taste good, but very very small and very few. Most of my blue berries died, I think they are getting too much water. I live in Palolo Valley on Oahu and it gets pretty wet for long periods of time here. However, my local fruits are doing well; bananas, mountain apples, papaya, oranges, lemons/limes, and avocados all do very well.