I have just posted in this thread but it has disappeared into the ethos.
In essence, I said....I gave up many years ago cultivating Apples, Pears, etc (never tried Peaches because I knew they were temperamental) but I still have a Fig tree although its fruit never really ripens. I now leave it to the professionals and buy their produce from Supermarket shelves.
Had I have been a member of AB some two yrs back, I would have probably replied with the following link :-
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=232
Hans.