My pastor's wife was given a State Fair apple as an early Mother's Day
present. The person who gave it to her was told by the nursery that it is
self-pollinating. Two questions:
1) I know that a very few varieties of apples are sometimes said to be
self-pollinating. Is State Fair one of these?
2) Is it true that self-pollinating apples pollinate themselves to a limited
extent, but produce better if cross-pollinated? Or do they do just as well
without cross-pollination as with it?
Thanks,
Mike
[NAFEX] Apple pollination question,
Michael Glassford, 05/06/2003