The amazing Fruit Salad tree is a grafted fruit tree where each of the four branches is a different stone fruit.

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The amazing Fruit Salad tree is a grafted fruit tree where every branch is a different fruit! You are guaranteed four different branches that could be ‘Frost’ peach, ‘Puget Gold’ apricot, ‘Harcot’ apricot, ‘Hardy Red’ nectarine, ‘Nadia’ cherry-plum, and/or ‘Brooks’ plum. All cultivars are self-fertile except for ‘Nadia’ which needs pollination from another plum such as the ‘Brooks’ plum if it occurs on the same tree or another plum in the neighbourhood. We expect to have a mix of different 4-way combinations of the six cultivars. Selection will be a on a first come basis once pre-order pick-ups begin. Pick-up or freight only. Cannot be shipped with Canada Post or FedEx. ‘Frost’ peach - Is among the best cultivars for coastal BC as well as colder regions as it is more resistant to leaf curl and is hardy to zone 5. The fragrant, pink, self-fertile flowers also bloom later than other cultivars helping to avoid damage from late frosts. The tasty, juicy fruit are freestone. ‘Puget Gold’ apricot - A disease resistant, reliable, and very sweet and tasty cultivar often considered to have one of the best flavours. Developed in western Washington State and well-suited for our BC climates including the coast with the most disease resistance of any cultivar. The fruit is freestone and plants are partially self-fertile. Apricots do not transport well once ripe so the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it yourself. Hardy to zone 5. ‘Harcot’ apricot - Good for colder climates thanks to its hardiness and late blooming flowers that avoid late frosts, ‘Harcot’ is also sweet and tasty with a rich flavour. The fruit are freestone. Plants are self-fertile. Disease resistant. Hardy to zone 5. ‘Hardy Red’ nectarine - Is a top, disease resistant cultivar for colder climates developed in Ontario. It is self-fertile and very productive with firm, flavourful, semi-freestone fruit. Hardy to zone 5. ‘Nadia’ cherry-plum - A new, rare cross of the ‘Supreme’ cherry and the ‘Black Amber’ Asian plum, the fruit is larger than a cherry and smaller than a plum. The skin and flesh are dark red. The fruit is firm, sweet and juicy with a flavour that is part plum, part cherry! Not self-fertile. Best pollinated by a another plum. ‘Brooks’ plum - This cultivar produces very large, sweet, dark purple plums perfect for fresh eating or drying into prunes. It is partially self-fertile, disease resistant and well-suited to our western climates. The presence of another plum, especially an Italian prune plum, will encourage larger crops. A note on growing stone fruit in coastal BC: There is a reason why stone fruits like peaches, nectarines, and apricots are grown to perfection in the Okanagan: the dry, hot climate with ample breezes during the growing season. Stone fruit is fun to grow (and eat!) and can still be grown in coastal BC but you’ll want to choose your hottest, sunniest locations to try to emulate the Okanagan. Even better if there is overhead protection from tall conifers or the overhang of a second storey roof. Some gardeners will also grow their stone fruit up against a south-facing wall of the house. Stone fruit will be more productive and more disease-free the more you can provide these conditions. But sometimes, like black spot on roses and powdery mildew on beebalm, you might have to be tolerant of a little leaf curl when we have cooler, wetter summers.