[asd1]

My mum and dad have just had a new fence put in and plan to plant fruit trees along it . The fence is north facing so I'm unsure what fruit would be best suited to buy for their Christmas presents ? And also if I got bare root would they survive till Christmas?

[BabbyAnn]

how about Morello cherry?  They are supposed to be fine against a north facing fence/wall.  Downside - you'll never harvest any cherries as the birds like them first and take them when they are just starting to turn red.

A bare rooted tree should be alright until then - but do store it somewhere cold or perhaps pot it up and leave outside. The main thing is not to bring it indoors where it is warm

[mumofstig]

Some varieties that will tolerate a north wall here
http://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/collections/fruit-trees-north-facing-wall

If you buy barerooted ones, then heel them in somewhere until the day. Then they'd need planting pronto after that.

Best really to pot them up, takes all the stress away (from them as well as you  ), but make sure they're stored outside as already said 

[SG6]

I know Morello Cherries are the classic north facing fruit tree but they are not eating cherries, you could cook a pie with them but that's it.

Is the tree going close to the wall or very close as is done with a fan trained tree, also how North is it. The North facing one I have actually faces North-West so gets a little sun at the end of the day.

How high also? Could a tree easily stick up above it and so get more sun.

[asd1]

The fence is acctually slightly north west and it's 6ft tall I should imagine they will be planted a few feet away from the fence there is already a cherry tree  a the bottom which at 20ft tall is slightly over grown haha! Mum enjoys cooking and preserving so I'm sure she won't mind if they are fr eating or not