Here are the types of fruit:
- Apples
- Oranges
- Pears
- Peaches
- Cherries
- Coconuts
And here are the types of flowers:
- Mums
- Pansies
- Hyacinth
- Windflower (they look like poppies)
- Roses
- Tulips
- Lillies
- Cosmos (they look like daisies)
Now, there are a couple different ways to obtain all the fruits and flowers (which increase your islands rating), but by far the easiest is to get them from friends. Most people who have played previous versions of Animal Crossing know the trick to getting the fruits is connecting with other players who have the fruit they don't have...it could be time consuming. But, this game, honestly, made it a little easier. We had all the fruits in the first 48 hours of the games release.
Not everyone will get the same fruit and flowers for their islands. For example, I had cherries, my mom had peaches, my sister had cherries, and her boyfriend had oranges (if I remember right). So we were all able to trade fruits to get what we needed. To extend that further, my sister had other friends with pears and apples, so she brought back those fruits for us.
The other way you can get all the fruits takes a lot more patience and I'm sure would take MUCH longer. And that's through mystery island tours. While you can't pick what mystery island you go to (it is all based on a random algorithm), you can end up at an island that has a fruit that is NOT native to your island. For me, I get more islands with pears and cherries (cherry being my native fruit) than anything else. You can also get coconuts on every mystery island.
Flowers work pretty much the same way, but become a little more easier to obtain than fruits once you get the option to build Nooks Cranny store. Building the store gives you access to flower seeds that are not native to your island which is nice. However, you still have the option to see what flowers your friends have and ask them to bring some to you OR pick some up from their island as long as they give the ok.
Keep in mind, all flowers start out in 3 basic colors: red, yellow, and white. HOWEVER, the way you plant them can give you a chance at the colors breeding in some way to give you DIFFERENT colors (most AC OG's call these hybrids). Now, if you want info on that, I'm going to post a link because I could NEVER do it the justice others have. Each type of flower can have hybrids in these colors: purple, blue, orange, pink, black, blue,and green. However, keep in mind, blue, black and green are limited to certain flower types (green is limited to mums only; black is limited to tulips, roses, cosmos, lillies; and blue is limited to roses, hyacinth, pansies, and windflowers).
A side note to breeding hybrids: if you do a google search, take everything with a grain of salt. It seems to me there are MANY different ways to breed hybrids and what works for some may not work for you. So, honestly it's all about experimenting and doing what works for you. For me, I plant in a checkerboard pattern only putting flowers on what would be one color of square. But, I've also had luck just plopping them side by side and having hybrids grow. Ultimately, do what works for you! :)
Ok. I think that's about all I have on fruit trees and flowers. Tomorrow, we'll cover whatever new question I find in the discord. :D
