GROWING GUIDE: Fruit Tree Pollenizer List
While many fruit trees are self-fertile, they are better when pollenized by another variety. *Please note that some of these varieties might not be available and an Al’s expert can provide recommendations
Almonds
All-In-One |
Self-fertile |
Apples
Braeburn |
Self-fertile |
Fuji |
Self-fertile but better when pollenized by Yellow Delicious |
Gala |
Pollenize with Yellow Delicious |
Golden Sentinel |
Self-fertile but better when pollenized by North Pole |
Granny Smith |
Self-fertile |
Gravenstein |
Pollenize with Red or Yellow Delicious, Fuji or Gala |
Honey Crisp |
Pollenize with Yellow Delicious |
Jonagold |
Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Yellow Delicious, Fuji or Mel- rose |
King |
Pollenize with Yellow Delicious or Melrose |
Liberty |
Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Yellow Delicious |
Melrose |
Pollenize with Yellow Delicious |
North Pole |
Pollenize with Yellow Delicious |
Pink Lady |
Self-fertile |
Red Delicious |
Pollenize with Yellow Delicious |
Red Jonathan |
Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Yellow Delicious or Lodi |
Red McIntosh |
Self-fertile but better when pollenized with Liberty |
Red Rome |
Self-fertile |
Scarlet Sentinel |
Pollenize with Fuji, Gala or Honeycrisp |
Spitzenburg |
Self-fertile but better when pollenized by Yellow Delicious |
Apricots
Puget Gold |
Self-fertile, but better with another variety |
Tilton |
Self-fertile, but better with another variety |
Sweet Cherries
Bing |
Pollenize with Montmorency, Rainier, Stella or Van |
Juliet |
Self-fertile |
Lapins |
Self-fertile |
Rainier |
Pollenize with Bing, Montmorency, Stella or Van |
Royal Ann |
Pollenize with Montmorency, Stella or Van |
Stella |
Self-fertile |
Van |
Pollenize with Bing, Rainier, Royal Ann, or Stella |
Sour Cherries
Carmine Jewel |
Self-fertile |
Montmorency |
Self-fertile |
Romeo |
Self-fertile |
Figs
Black Mission |
Self-fertile |
Brown Turkey |
Self-fertile |
Desert King |
Self-fertile |
Olympian |
Self-fertile |
Filberts
Jefferson | Pollenize with Tonda di Giffoni |
Tonda di Giffoni | Pollenize with Jefferson |
Nectarines
Fantasia |
Self-fertile |
Flavortop |
Self-fertile |
Sunglo |
Self-fertile |
Peaches
Bonanza |
Self-fertile |
Early Elberta |
Self-fertile, good pollenizer |
Frost |
Self-fertile |
Honey Babe |
Partly self-fertile. Best pollenized with any other dwarf peach |
Pix Zee |
Self-fertile |
Red Haven |
Self-fertile |
Suncrest |
Self-fertile |
Veteran |
Self-fertile |
Pears
Anjou |
Pollenize with Bartlett or Bosc |
Bartlett |
Partially self-fertile, better with Anjou or Bosc |
Bosc |
Pollenize with Bartlett |
Comice |
Pollenize with Bartlett |
Highland |
Pollenize with Bartlett or Comice |
Asian Pears
20th Century |
Pollenize with Bartlett, Hosui or Shinseiki |
Hosui |
Pollenize with 20th Century, Bartlett, Shinko, or Shinseiki |
Niitaka |
Pollenize with any other Asian Pear or Bartlett |
Shinko |
Pollenize with 20th Century, Bartlett, or Hosui |
Shinseiki |
Pollenize with Bartlett or Hosui |
Persimmons
Fuyu |
Self-fertile |
Hachiya |
Self-fertile |
Pluots
Flavor Grenade |
Pollenize with Flavor King |
Flavor King |
Pollenize with Flavor Supreme |
Flavor Supreme |
Pollenize with Flavor King |
Plums
Elephant Heart |
Self-fertile, better with Santa Rosa |
French Petite |
Self-fertile |
Peach Plum |
Pollenize with Brooks or Italian |
Santa Rosa |
Self-fertile, but better with Shiro or Satsuma |
Satsuma |
Pollenize with Shiro or Santa Rosa |
Shiro |
Pollenize with Satsuma or Santa Rosa |
Prunes
Brooks |
Pollenize with Italian |
Italian |
Self-fertile |
Quince
Rich's |
Self-fertile |
Walnut
Carpathian |
Self-fertile |