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Apple & Peach Trees: No Cross-Pollination Worries

Planting apple and peach trees together won't create "appeaches." Apples (Malus) and peaches (Prunus) are in different genera—pollen incompatible. Apples cross with crabapples; peaches with plums/apricots. Plant them side by side with confidence.

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