May I ask why a fruit tree? Almost all fruit trees need some level of care otherwise; it could be a mess when diseases or insects attack the tree and/or its fruit. It's not pretty to have fruit drops everywhere or tree limbs ooze with something that could also end up killing that tree. There are a number of beautiful flowering trees around. Would your friend consider that? When my friends asked if they could plant a fruit tree with no care in my zone, I could not think of anything to recommend because even an easy-care, disease resistant apple tree still needs some attention. I suggest they plant a flowering tree.

Tony, this is Lisa-Gemini. I'm sorry I didn't see your post until now. The Che is still dropping its fruit after all these years. I never did buy the male one. The tree is about 12' tall. It keeps sending up long shoots in all directions, which I mostly cut, the branches I can reach, anyways. I'm planning on moving sometime in the future and I just got lazy and gave up on the tree. I think it's worth it to buy the male to pollinate the female, because is very prolific, healthy and easy to manage. I hope you read this post.

Thank you all so very much. It is truly appreciated. I have decided to do the following. Mexican Sycamore, Apple, one Apricot, and Royal Empress seeds. My neighbors donÂt have anything and all think I am wasting my money. I wonÂt be doing a fig. I am afraid that it would be useless. The fact that I have an organic vegetable garden is good. I have really black soil already. Some of the tree saplings will be planted and fenced it there. I also have a well so water isnÂt a factor as yet. My vegetable garden is 25 feet by 70 so there is room. Now I am tilling another 40 by 70 for more vegetables. The success of this one now still growing is fantastic. I have about 200 pounds of blue Hubbards, maybe 150 pounds of butternut squash, some 20 small acorn squash, (donÂt know why they stayed so small) have to figure that one out next year, a freezer full of zucchini, string beans, yellow squash, and radishes still growing, so figure that out? Puzzles me on the radishes. Some are flowering, so are hard as a rock, and some are still eatable. I also have a lot of lettuce still. I planted several varieties, but no Boston Iceberg. I have as yet a 10 by 10 foot cluster of carrots and another of beets. One of the beets was so big I couldnÂt place my hands around it completely. It was huge. We ate and gave plenty already but I still have to harvest them and put them away for the winter. The butternut will stay on the ground until it turns completely yellow. The blue hubbards are still growing but turning blue now that the nights are so cold. I picked one that weighed 15.5 pound and gave it to the neighbor that gave me the seeds. There are many more bigger than that. I had only one cross with the butternut and it weighs 19 pounds. The rest are in the garden waiting. The zucchini are still prolific. I picked another 10 large ones today. Amazing how they love it up here. My tomatoes are just now starting to do well. That is really strange. I will pick them green and place in a cool dark place to eat as they ripen. The cold nights must be a factor with them somehow. I used horse, steer, a little chicken, and thatÂs it for the manure. I didnÂt use anything else at all. I watered lightly every day. About 15 minutes at night and sometimes a little again in the early am. Usually just before the sun was completely up. So, the reason for telling this here is because I am so happy to have a great soil for next year and I feel that the right trees will make it with little effort. Once again I must give you all a great big thank you for your time, advice, and help. Nantinki

Boom, I've bought a breadnut tree (A. camansi) from montoso gardens and it came in excellent condition. If its not listed as a tree available on their website you can just email Bryan and he'll let you know if he has it. He might also have the jamun tree.