Is this a good deal for fruit trees?

Principia_2

Very are offering a £10 off of a £25 spend. I can get two apples trees plus a free pear tree for £32 making it £22. There is also an ad on the their site saying I could get 10% off if I sign up today so possibly down to £20.

Cat no is KC34116

Buy both apple trees together and get the pear tree FREE!

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  Harvest your own delicious apples and pears from these fine trees. They produce full-size tasty fruit and make an impressive display on your patio or decking. Height 60-80cms

I'm very tempted but I'm sure I've read that you need 2 pear trees for pollination, we have apple and crap apple trees around here but I've never seen a pear tree.

Also is it feasible to grow dwarf trees in containers forever? I have a small garden which is probably about 15ft by 15ft if they actually needed planting out - would this be too small?

Am I getting a bit over enthusiastic

Bunnygirl

I have found this site that does small fruit trees

apple and pear 3 for the price of 2
http://www.vanmeuwen.com/fruit/fruit-trees/apple-and-pear-trees/apple-pear-mini/16089VM

and this one
http://www.vanmeuwen.com/fruit/fruit-trees/apple-and-pear-trees/mini-fruit-collection/61617VM

cherry and plum the one I am thinking of going for
http://www.vanmeuwen.com/fruit/fruit-trees/stone-fruit-trees/mini-fruit-trees-cherry-plum/69141VM

laurel7172

The van Meuwen ones are very, very small, have you realised? 30-40cm. I used to order from this catalogue years ago, and the plants were cheap, but not *really* good value for money IMO.

Lidl does a selection of similar fruit trees (including cherry and plum) for £5 each in the spring. If you wait, you could get bigger trees for less.

RAS

Blimey

Both of these are deals I would avoid.

You would get better trees, with more choice or variety from Lidl or Wilkos - bare rooted.

It does not even tell you what the varieties are so it is impossible to tell you if you need two pears or if it is self-fertile.

alm721

Not sure how good a deal it is although I'd be interested to know what others think as I'm after some too. But I have a solitary pear tree and I get pears (not many but some). There's only one house near me (well within 100m) and they don't have any either so I think you can get away with one. Can they pollinate from anything else? I do have a plum, some apples and a cherry not really sure?