Fruit Cocktail Tree.. Anyone have one??

[redhen]

I wonder what zone i live in?? Western MA,..(i think 4 or 5)
Would the tree grow here?
Any input on this tree??



http://gardening.sheknows.com/2011/03/03/fruit-cocktail-trees/



http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/Fruit-Cocktail-Tree.htm

 

[redhen]

I just re read my post...
Noone better say i live in the "Twilight ZONE"...
I could see it coming...

 

[braindead101]

Sometimes I feel like I'm one toe over the line.

 

[redhen]

Sometimes I feel like I'm one toe over the line.

What??

 

[Bullitt]

Sometimes I feel like I'm one toe over the line.

Isn't it one "toke" over the line?

Are you having a 60s flahsback?

 

[AquaEyes]

I wonder what zone i live in?? Western MA,..(i think 4 or 5)
Would the tree grow here?
Any input on this tree??
http://gardening.sheknows.com/2011/03/03/fruit-cocktail-trees/
http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/Fruit-Cocktail-Tree.htm

There is no one kind of "fruit cocktail tree" so it's hard to say if it'll be hardy for you. As per your links, what they are is a tree with several different fruit tree branches grafted onto one main trunk. So any fruit tree that is hardy in your area can be used to put together a "fruit cocktail tree." You can do different apples and pears on one tree, but I don't know off-hand about peaches and plums being hardy in Western MA. So I'd first suggest finding out what fruit trees can be grown where you are, then sorting them into groups that are related enough to each other that they can be grafted together. An alternative is to do the "four trees in one hole" bit, whereby you plant close together several different trees, ideally those that ripen at different times, and allow them to grow together sort of as a shrub. See the link below for more info.

http://www.davewilson.com/homegrown/BOC_explained.html

 

[Imp]

Like this one red?


Imp

 

[Bullitt]

I wonder what zone i live in?? Western MA,..(i think 4 or 5)
Would the tree grow here?
Any input on this tree??
http://gardening.sheknows.com/2011/03/03/fruit-cocktail-trees/
http://www.fast-growing-trees.com/Fruit-Cocktail-Tree.htm

Do you only have room for one tree? If so, it may be a good option to get a tree grafted with different fruits.

It reminds me of the Skittles commercial. "Taste the rainbow."

 

[deerman]

I have graft many trees....yes all for of those can be grafted on one tree....i did peach and plums.

i love doing the apple, because so many type of apples, i had graft 5 on one tree.

i know peach grown here in ohio winter....but with this type of tree need to keep sprayed for bores, most people lose them there ,because they don't. spray.

not all fruit tree can be graft together.......apple to apple ,but apple to peach will not work.

you could take a plum or peach tree and only graft the fruit(of those 4) you want on the tree...what you get is a tree with different branches for each fruit.

if you want more peaches than plums, use a peach tree and only graft one branch for plum.

 

[sourland]

I just re read my post...
Noone better say i live in the "Twilight ZONE"...
I could see it coming...

Some things we hold to be 'self evident' - no need to mention them. Just sayin'.