Fruit Pollination Recommendations

Fruit Trees lined in a row outside

Fruit Tree Pollination and Self-Fertile Varieties Guide

Cross pollination requires a similar bloom time.  Trees should be 50 feet apart, but no more than 100 feet apart. Self-fertile varieties will produce more if planted with another variety. 

Apple

  • Gala:  Self-fertile, but does better with a pollinator
  • Fuji:  Gala, Cortland, Honeycrisp
  • Honeycrisp: Gala, Fuji, Jonathan, or any Golden Delicious.
  • Candycrisp: Cortland, Gala, Fuji, Honeycrisp
  • State Fair:  Jonathan, McIntosh, Sweet Sixteen
  • Sweet Sixteen:  Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, Jonathan McIntosh
  • Honeygold:  Fuji, Jonathan, McIntosh, Sweet Sixteen
  • Red Delicious: Cortland, Fuji, Gala, golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Jonathan, Snow Sweet, State Fair, Sweet Sixteen
  • Snow Sweet: Cortland, Fuji, Gala, golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Jonathan, Mcintosh, Red Delicious, State Fair, Sweet Sixteen
  • North Pole:  Columnar Red Scentinal

Apricot 

  • All varieties: Self-fertile

Blackberries

  • All varieties: Self-fertile

Blueberries

  • Berkeley: Self-fertile
  • North Blue: Self-fertile
  • Blue Ray: Self-fertile
  • North Country: Self-fertile

Cherry

  • Bing: Montmorency, Sweetheart, Rainer, Stella , Van, Lapin
  • Lapins: Self fertile
  • Stella: Self-fertile
  • Van: Montmorency, Bing, Stella
  • Sweetheart: Self-fertile
  • Montmorency: Self-fertile
  • Rainer: Black Tartarian, Sam, Stella, Bing, Van
  • Black Tartarian: Rainier, Bing, Stella, Sweetheart

Grapes

  • All varieties: Self-fertile

Nectarines

  • All varieties: Self-fertile

Peach  

  • All varieties: Self-fertile

Pear

  • Bartlett: Partially Self fertile
  • 20th Century Asian Pear: Chojuro, Drippin’ Honey, Olympic Giant, Shinko 
  • D’Anjou: Bartlett

Plum

  • Toka: Superior, Santa Rosa
  • Superior: Toka, Santa Rosa
  • Stanley: Self fertile
  • Italian: Self fertile

Raspberries

  • All varieties: Self-fertile

Strawberries

  • All varieties: Self-fertile