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BestDay:
Hi all, here are some pictures of my Royal Lee and Minnie Royal Cherries planted at the end of 2015.  They have grown like weeds and have been pruned back every winter.  Last year I got about 3 fruit off the Minnie Royal.  This year the Royal Lee is blooming before the Minnie Royal and it has fruit!  Strange thing is, I thought the Royal Lee needed the Minnie Royal to cross pollinate?

Bill

SoCal2warm:
Were there any other stone fruit trees in the surrounding area? It might be possible another variety of stone fruit provided the pollination.

The main reason they say that Royal Minnie is the only pollenizer for Royal Lee has to do with the timing. (Although if you have enough cherry trees there can still be considerible overlap in bloom time even if they were all other cherry varieties)

CA Hockey:
My trees do the same. I can’t remember which blooms first but Both reliably set fruit even when the other has no booms. I have lots of stone fruit though. No blooming cherries yet (lapins graft looks like it’s pushing and 6gm25 trees are growing but not blooming). I do have pluerries and cherry plums also.

K

BestDay:
There is a Long Beach peach right next to it that has been blooming. So that must be it. I didn't know that other species of fruit could provide cross pollination. I thought it had to be a cherry. So I guess I would recommend a Long Beach Peach to anyone that is having problems getting their MR RL combo to bloom together.

Bill

BestDay:
There is also a Tango Tangerine and Reed Avocado blooming right next to the Toyal Lee. Can these cross pollinate with the Royal Lee?  Or only other stone fruits will cross pollinate with it?

Bill

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