Why would you buy an apple tree with infertile pollen?

However, the individual trees of some fruit tree species will not accept their own pollen and for these you do need two trees. These are called ... To obtain fruit from self-sterile trees, you must plant two trees, but these trees must be two different cultivars, not merely two different trees. read more

Most apple trees are self-infertile (cannot pollinate themselves), and that does not mean that they cannot cross-pollinate with another apple or crabapple tree of a different variety. Also, just because an apple tree may be a poor pollinator doesn’t mean that it would make for a poor apple producer. read more

So having reassured you that pollination is not such a big issue when choosing what fruit trees to grow, here are some of the factors that can affect pollination: Species In general terms each species can only pollinate others of its own kind - apples will only pollinate other apples, pears will only pollinate pears, and so on. read more