Hello everyone I want to plant a few fruit trees in my garden. I need to find out what are the best species of plum and peaches that grow best in vancouver. Waiting for replies...
Basic Home Orchard Variety List: Apple - Gravenstein, Akane, Chehalis, Liberty, Jonagold Pear - Clapp Favorite, Bartlett, Orcas, Comice Plum/Prune - Methley, Beauty, Shiro, Early Italian, Seneca Cherry - Van, Angela, Hardy Giant, Emperor Francis Peach - Early Redhaven, Harken, Frost Apricot - Not generally successful; try Puget Gold Nectarine - Not generally successful; try Juneglo http://gardening.wsu.edu/library/best002/best002.htm
For the apples, I'd add Newton (Newtown) Pippin, if you want a late variety with excellent keeping qualities, good for eating and cooking. Most sweet cherry trees require cross-pollination. This includes Van, but I don't know the other varieties Ron listed. I've had great success with Stella, a self-fertile variety. If you have space for only one small sweet cherry, I'd recommend Compact Stella. My semi-dwarf regular Stella requires constant pruning to keep it to a reasonable size. I've only grown one variety of peach: Renton, primarily for its resistance to Peach Leaf Curl, a common disease of "Wet" Coast peach trees. I don't think that any variety is totally immune to this disease; so you'll probably have to spray fungicides on any peach tree variety that you try. Fixed copper works well and is a rather benign sort of pesticide.
