>>979608I've grown apple trees, peach trees, and lemon trees from seed saved from the store. Only the apple tree did poorly but only because it was planted in an area that has extremely poor clay soil. It is like 15 years old and only 6 feet high with no branches last I checked. I should probably put some chicken manure around it. It is the stick in the bottom image (yeah it is 15 years old)
The rest did well and fruited fine. The peach trees are blooming right now actually... This one is the largest and is right next to the chicken coop. It started blooming after only 3 years. I've been attempting to espalier it some moderate luck, though it isn't a dwarf tree.