[AlaninCarlisle]

2015 looks like being an almost total wash-out.

Out of 7 apple trees, only 3 (Laxton's Superb and Egremont Russet) are bearing fruit. Three pear trees with no fruit at all, one cherry with a few fruits and only one out of two Victoria plums fruiting. I put this down to the very cold May and early June in North Cumbria and a noticeable lack of pollinating insects.

Anyone else similarly disappointed?

[Goosegirl]

That's just made me go out to my old inherited Bramley tree and - nope! Can see a one and haven't seen the usual "June drop" either.

[crh75]

My old apple trees are covered, but there hasn't been the June drop yet - going to be a July drop this year!

The new fruit trees are too new to expect anything this year.

[Nobbie]

Not much on my apple trees, but my Opal plum is absolutely loaded for the first time since planting 5 years ago. Biggest previous crop was 6 plums. Will have to work out what to do with them now.

[jaydig]

Same here. My two cherry trees were laden with blossom, but the resulting cherries are very sparse, even though I tried to hand pollinate them when I realised the weather was too cold for the bees. The pear tree at home was also covered in blossom - result - one pear!  On the allotment, my Bramley that fruited so well last year has only about half a dozen apples, but the Lord Lambourne eating apple has loads of fruit, and it's only about ten feet away from the Bramley.   I guess Mother Nature is totally unpredictable.

[LandShark]

I have one 3 yr old Victoria plum that's got quite a lot of fruit and a 2yr old that's got no fruit! My 2yr old cherry has about 10 cherries and my pot grown 10 yr old is covered in cherries but my Dad's been  feeding it with tomato food nearly everyday. We've also got a 10 yr old potted James grieve apple which is fruiting well and a 4yr old cox's orange which is fruiting for the first time! But I've noticed that the old crab apples around the garden don't have much fruit this year!
But I think my greengage is going to beat them all it's absolutely covered in fruit

[AlaninCarlisle]

Strangely enough, despite the scarcity of hard fruit, my blackcurrant and gooseberry bushes are loaded

[mjg000]

I would say down here (south of Watford) ..... fruit, raspberries, gooseberries etc. are laden.  Fruit trees..... cherry very good, apples both eating and cooking are overloaded., pear which has 2 varieties on it - very full. So whilst nobody expected those cold winds and nasty near frosts in may to produce anything .... we maybe have a bumper crop coming?

[Growster...]

Our three apple trees are laden with fruit, even after a serious June Drop, but we have more aphid attack than we've ever seen before!

Soft fruit is looking the best ever...

[Madame Cholet]

Apples ok plums and damson nil

[heygrow]

Seems to be a North South divide due to different weather conditions. Although colder than normal here in May and June, not as bad as 'up north'. Apples and plums developing well so far. Had June drops in last week or so. last year June drops were all the apples and I had none develop  . This year is looking much better.

[simonwatson]

My Bramley is covered in apples and even the new trees are trying to bear fruit. Cherries are covered in fruit. I think as well as the north-south divide there's also an east-west one.

[BumbleJo]

My Bramley is covered in apples and even the new trees are trying to bear fruit. Cherries are covered in fruit. I think as well as the north-south divide there's also an east-west one.

You could be right there, we are on the east side of the frozen north and my young trees that have all been in less than 2 years have all got their first fruits.  Not loads but not bad and I can't wait to sample them.  Whether the cherries will stay the course remains to be seen as the tee-pee thing we erected to keep of the pigeons fell apart after some strong winds so now there are cd's dangling from the tree as recommended in previous posts. Will report back on that one!

[BabbyAnn]

I put this down to the very cold May and early June ... and a noticeable lack of pollinating insects.

I think you might be right - it might depend on when the blossom was out and the weather at the time, but my Victorian plum tree is not as laden as usual, but on the other hand the Bramley and Discovery apples and the Conference pears are going to be a bumper crop

[grendel]

our plum isn't doing much but our apple tree is already groaning under the weight of fruit (and the apples from this can get up to a pound each) we are having the june drop, but there are already apples turning red and about 2" diameter - about half their normal finished diameter. I have a feeling we may be making cider and apple juice this year.
Grendel