In the past, I had apple trees, cherry trees (sour and sweet), a plum tree, an apricot tree, and a peach tree but, last spring, we had them all cut down. The weather where I live has gotten rather crazy, we were not getting bees when the trees were in bloom, and we were definitely not getting fruit. All of the trees needed sprayed for various issues with emergent spray, then, during the year, a fungicide, a pesticide or both When we had them cut down last spring, in their enthusiasm, the workers accidentally removed our blueberry bushes, too. Opps. We also had the Chestnut tree removed due to the American Chestnut blight.
Now, I just have red currents (planted long ago and disease free--our neighbors have healthy White Pines), strawberries, top hat blueberries, and arctic raspberries. All but the currents are growing in pots so they can easily be covered or moved to shelter if we get freezing temperatures after weeks of warm weather (like this year).
I also grow fruiting houseplants (yes, citrus are houseplants in Ohio). Some are more ornamental as indoor plants but I do get passionfruit, various citrus, figs (I have one that isn't cold hardy), and I hope one day to get whatever comes from Sapodilla 'Alano' but that might just be an ornamental in my conditions.
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