Yalca Fruit Trees, 602 Tyacks Road, Yalca 3637, Victoria, Australia, Phone 03 5868 2101    email us  |  catalogue

Tree Varieties 2012
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Apples
Australian Apples
Crab Apples
Vintage Cider Apples
Apricots
Quinces
Pears
Perry Pears
Medlar
Cherries
Sour Cherries
Plums - Japanese
Plum Apricot Hybrid
Plums - European
Peaches
Nectarines
Figs
Persimmons
Mulberries
Pomegranates
Citrus
Almonds
Hazelnuts
Walnuts
Macadamias
Pecans
Chestnuts
Pine Nuts
Pistachio
Avocados
Kiwi Fruit
Olives
Sugar Maple
Turkey Oak
Raspberries
Blackberries
Blueberries
Gooseberries
Black Currants
Red Currants

APPLES   $27

The extensive range of apples includes a great many unusual and old-fashioned fruits (we have over 100 varieties in our orchard on the farm). We offer only a selection of these in our catalogue each year.

Apples will give better crops if planted close by at least one other apple that flowers at the same time so that they can cross pollinate. The varieties below have mostly been given a letter to denote flowering times – (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), or (g), so that if you want, you can choose two varieties which will cross pollinate one another. These flowering times generally overlap each other, so for example: (b) will get pollinated by other (b) trees, and will also receive pollen from (a) and (c) trees.

Some varieties are labelled ‘triploid’, meaning they do not have viable pollen to cross pollinate another tree, so don’t choose one of these with only one other variety, or the triploid will get pollinated, but the other variety won’t – you will need a third variety to do this.

If this all seems too confusing, don't worry - usually by planting a selection of three or four apples you are almost certain to get enough overlap of flowering times between them, to get good pollination of all trees.

AKANE  $27
Crisp, juicy, sweet apple, hint of strawberry flavour, good cropper, fruit ripens early – around mid to late January, as a young tree it begins bearing a year earlier than many other varieties

BELLE DE BOSKOOP  $27
Originated in Holland in 1856, highly esteemed cooking and pie apple, outstanding fresh eater as well, coarse, crisp, creamy juicy white flesh, richly flavoured, highly aromatic, we once heard the story of how there was an orchard of Boskoops in N.S.W., and every autumn a community of European people would go there and pick the lot! Harvests late, keeps well and improves in storage, flowering (b), triploid

BLENHEIM ORANGE  $27
Much liked sweet nutty flavoured apple, with crumbly texture, medium to large sized fruits, skin has orange flush with red striping, considered by many to be one of the best dual purpose apples, harvest late Feb, makes a strong limbed tree with very hard wood – which was once used for making cog wheels for railways, very frost resistant, flowering (c), triploid

BRAEBURN  $27
New Zealand apple 1970's, refreshing firm crisp flesh, can be perfumed, heavy cropper, great little fresh eater, one of the few genuinely self fertile varieties of apples - sets a good crop without pollination

BRAMLEY’S SEEDLING  $27
Probably the most well known, and one of the most sought after of the English cooking apples, tart acid flesh with lovely tangy lemon flavour when cooked, large apples, shape varies, ripening late, good keeper, flowering (b) triploid

COX’S ORANGE PIPPIN  $27
Perhaps the most famour of all the heritage apples – wonderful fresh eating, rich spicy nutty flavour, crisp, aromatic, perfect balance of sweetness and acidity, is said to do best in cooler areas but we have eaten some brilliant fruit from ours here in northern Vic, flowering (c)

EAGLE POINT STAR  $27
Unusual apple which when cut open, reveals a red star in the middle of the white flesh, also has a red stained wood in the cross section of the branches, strikingly beautiful purple flowers, nice little fresh eating apple with unique sort of crab apple flavour

FIVE CROWN  $27
Also known as London Pippin, once widely grown in Australia, fresh eater and cooker, green skin flushed with red, crisp, brisk, good for drying, late harvest

FREYBURG  $27
Fresh eating apple, comes from an awesome heritage  - genetically a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Golden Delicious, fruit yellow colour with lovely sweet and spicey flavour, tree smallish, harvests mid season but fruit hangs on well on the tree, winner of blind taste tests, flowering (c)

FUJI  $27
Japanese apple and a modern commercial variety, but with eating qualities that appeal to many – sweet, juicy, one of the latest varieties harvested, flowering (c)

GALA  $27
Very popular little modern apple throughout Australia, widely produced for commerce and successful in many different places, a lovely crisp aromatic and sweet apple with excellent flavour, orange/red striped, flowering (c)

GOLDEN HARVEY   $27
Also known as ‘Brandy Apple’, originating in England, 1600’s, fruit medium sized, crisp, sweet, aromatic, this apple eats well fresh, as well as being a handy addition to cider brews, flowering (b)

GRAVENSTEIN  $27
An apple remembered fondly by many European people, good fresh eating, cooking and cider,  needs to be left on the tree to develop full flavours, early ripener, large fruit, skin yellow crimson and orange, flesh juicy rich and vinous, crisp and aromatic, flowering (b)

ISAAC NEWTON  $27
Cooker, large lumpy fruit, green fruit, subacid flesh, late harvest, originating from the same tree which apparently inspired Newton’s discovery of the law of gravity, when an apple fell from it and hit him in the head, flowering (e)

JAMES GRIEVE  $27
Fresh eating, and also makes a sweet delicate stewed apple when picked early, fruit medium size, soft and juicy, subacid to sweet, very well liked for fine flavour, good keeper for an early apple, tree produces well without cross pollination, probably does better in cooler climates

KIDD’S ORANGE RED  $27
This apple is one of the progeny of the Cox’s Orange Pippin, with splendid flavours, crispness, aroma and colouring, mellows to a wonderful unusual floral flavour, one of the nicest fresh eaters, heavy regular cropper

KING OF PIPPINS  $27
Fresh eating apple, skin greenish yellow, with a flush of red, fruit crisp, very juicy and sugary, rich, vinous flavour, ripens mid to late season, flowering (d)

LORD LAMBOURNE   $27
Suggested by some as a good easier growing substitute for the Cox’s Orange Pippin where the Cox’s is difficult to grow, Lambourne has similar eating qualities, a lovely mixture of sweetness and acidity, juicy crisp flesh, self fertile, ripens mid season

PEASGOODS NONSUCH  $27
This apple is a popular and much loved apple from bygone years in Australia. Red striped on yellow green background, fruit grow quite large, coarse flesh, eats well fresh, and also a lovely cooker, useful in pies, dumplings, cider, juice, feed the pigs…

PINE GOLDEN PIPPIN  $27
Smaller fresh eating fruit, yellow gold skin with brown russet  (gives it natural camouflage from birds) Crisp greenish flesh, with wonderfully refreshing, tender pineapple flavour, a very fine apple, ripens in mid - late autumn

ROME BEAUTY  $27
Fresh eating and cooking apple, large fruit, brilliant red, doesn’t bruise easily, likes hot climate, becomes very sweet if left on the tree long enough, late harvest stretching into winter, very heavy cropper, fruits keep well, self fertile, ‘good flavour of juice’, flowering (e)

SPLENDOUR  $27
Late desert apple from New Zealand, fruit medium to large, attractive, bright red/pink flush, crisp and sweet, becomes honey like if left to mature longer, flowering (c)

STURMER PIPPIN  $27
One of the latest apples left hanging on the tree - in colder places it has been picked as late as mid August, good cooker/eater and also very good addition to cider brews, flesh yellow, firm, crisp, very juicy, brisk and rich sugary flavour, should be kept on the tree as long as possible to let it reach its peak flavours, heavy bearer, flowering (c)

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AUSTRALIAN APPLES $27

CLEOPATRA  $27
Good fresh eater and usefull in the kitchen, clear yellow skin, longish rectangle shape, crisp with a mild acid flavour, good cropper and was once widely grown for market in Australia, said to have very good juice content, mid season harvest, flowering (c)

DUNN’S SEEDLING  $27
Also known as Monroe’s Favourite, originating around 1850 in Australia, both fresh eating and cooking, fruit medium size, greenish yellow with a red blush, firm flesh, ripens mid to late season, good keeper, tree vigorous and a good cropper, old Australian favourite, flowering (c)

GRANNY SMITH  $27
Needs no introduction really, green cooking apple with good acid content to retain and enhance flavours in cooking, discovered by Mrs Smith in Ryde, N.S.W. who apparently brought home gin cases from Sydney market and tipped the rotting apples found in them in a nearby creek, later noticing a seedling apple growing in the same spot, now Australia’s most famous cooking apple, flowering (c)

LADY WILLIAMS  $27
An apple that really needs little introduction to Australia by now, a relative of the Pink Lady, with similar crisp subacid qualities, ripening very late season- as late as July, and subsequently keeping a long time, even just stored in a box in the shed; variety is a cross between two Australian varieties – Granny Smith and Rokewood. It’s a very good cropper – our two year old espaliered tree has two smallish horizontal branches and a one metre main trunk which this year have fifty apples crammed on them (after having been thinned!) flowering (c)

MURRAY GEM  $27
Originating near the Murray River in South Australia, this apple was once a very popular fresh eating red fruit, which is late to harvest and keeps its flavour and eating qualities after being stored through winter, medium sized, flowering time (e)

CRAB APPLES  $28

EAGLE POINT STAR  $28
Very unusual apple which when cut open, reveals a red star in the middle of the white flesh, also has a red stained wood in the cross section of the branches, flowers colours are a wonderful striking  purple, nice little fresh eating apple with unique sort of flavour, believed to have been discovered near Eagle Point, Gippsland

JOHN DOWNIE  $28
Grows into a fair sized tree when mature, has a very heavy crop of crabs which are able to be eaten, fruit are quite large for a crab apple, makes a marvelous crab apple jelly, great pollinator for nearly all other apples, flowering (c)

GOLDEN HORNET  $28
Famous UK crab apple which has small bright yellow fruits absolutely covering it, flowering (c)

GORGEOUS  $28
Coming out of New Zealand, this cultivar makes a nice open shaped tree, with an enormous crop of small one inch deep red fruits, ripens late season, flowering (d)

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VINTAGE CIDER APPLES $28

***Good discounts available for large orders of cider apples, contact us for a quote***

These days’ ciders are made using a mixture of different apple varieties blended together. However in times past there were traditional varieties from which cider was pressed using one variety alone. The varieties we offer were generally from particular regions of England and France, where each apple made a local drink with its own special qualities, allowing the natives to get roaring drunk on the liqour from their own apple.

DABINETT  $28
Antique French cider variety, fruit are fairly large, with bright red skin, and soft flesh, harvests midseason

BLACK TAUNTON (Kingston Black)  $28 
Also known as Kingston Black, skin is very pretty with crimson and streaked darker crimson on yellow background, flesh yellowish and tender, with only a mild acidity, makes a bittersharp cider, was a popular cider apple in Somersetshire, flowering (c)

BROWN SNOUT  $28 
Greenish yellow fruit makes a bittersweet cider, harvests mid to late season, good pollinator, flowering (c)

BULMER’S NORMAN  $28
Coming out of France in the 1800’s, fruit are fairly large, with light green skin, and soft flesh, harvests midseason, makes a bittersweet cider, flowering time (b)

FREQUIN TARDIVE DE SARTRE  $28
Another of the French types of cider apple makes a very sweet cider on its own, greenish yellow skinned, not much blush, fruit are also able to be eaten fresh, ripens early to mid season

Skin deep striped  crimson and yellow, flesh yellow with a red tinge, tender, and with a rough acid flavour, this is one of the most valuable of the cider apples, makes an extremely sharp cider, useful for blending with juices needing a bit of kick, from Herefordshire, flowering (c)

MICHELIN  $28

APRICOTS  $28

MOORPARK  $28
This is the classic apricot of the last century or so. It has stood the  test of time and for good reason- excellent flavour, performs well across a wide range of locales, useful fruit for fresh eating and for cooking jam – pretty delicate so doesn’t hold its shape in bottling etc.

RIVAL  $28
One of the newer breeds coming out of Canada, very flavoursome fruit with some really good apricot tang, large, sweet and rich, skin a dark orange almost red colour

GOLDRICH  $28
Large, oval, deep orange in colour, firm flesh, originating Washington in the1970's, vigourous and productive, excellent fruit flavour, suggested as one with better potential for ripening fruit in colder climates, needs pollination by Rival in some areas

TILTON  $28
Hardy tree, recommended for cooler areas. Probably one of the better chances of getting decent apricots in the difficult colder areas where stone fruit will sometimes struggle. Smaller fruit with very sweet flavour and nice colour

TREVATT  $28
Widely planted in both gardens and orchards in the last few decades, large round fruit, flavour very good if left on the tree long enough (which it usually isn’t when coming out of commercial orchards – which is why it is so important to grow your own!), light yellow skin with strong coloured orange flesh, good for canning, drying and eating fresh, harvests mid season – about the middle of January, tree medium size

BLENHEIM  $28  
Considered by some to be the King of Apricots, Blenheim are a delicate
fruit, prized for flavour, succulence and sweetness - the epitome of what an
apricot should taste like; rare and endangered, there are only 800 acres of
them left growing commercially worldwide, their delicate nature make them
difficult for farmers to transport, so they are often dried or sent to the
cannery, but that wont be a limitation to home gardeners

TARDIE DE BOURDONEL  $28
Heirloom French apricot, lovely flavour and succulence, ripens late season,
very rare variety, we believe this is no longer propagated by any other nursery in Australia

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DWARF QUINCES    $32

Quinces are a terrific little home garden tree, which are very hardy – will tolerate a wet soil, and also have some drought tolerance, making them a good tree for difficult areas. With a little bit of looking after (regular watering, pruning, fertilising) they will set a pretty heavy crop of fruit, and when the fruit are ripening they send a very distinctive and tantalising aroma wafting around the garden, not to mention their very pretty ornamental flowers in Spring.

We have the complete collection of 16 different sorts of Quinces which are currently available in Australia. Quinces are primarily used for making jams and jellies, but they are also dried and made into cider, they make a delicious paste (suitable for cheese platters), stewed with custard they’re a terrific desert….need I go on.

All of our quinces this year, except Smyrna, are offered on semi dwarfing rootstocks -they are grafted onto Angers quince stocks, which yield a tree of about 2.5 metres height. They are easy to keep pruned small, and will make a very good espalier as well

SMYRNA  $32
This year, we offer this variety as a standard sized tree, and also as a dwarf variety. Originally from Smyrna in Turkey, very good bearer, very large yellow aromatic fruit, flesh relatively tender, very showy bloom, precocious tree - starts bearing fruit in second year, ripens very late in the season

APPLE SHAPED  $32
Local Victorian selection found growing near Creswick, a true apple shaped fruit, similar to the Apple quince, excellent jelly and stewing

DE BOURGEAUT  $32
Tree vigourous, upright,and has very large leaves,(I love the large leaves - they look more like antiquity than ever) , fruit a greeny yellow colour, flesh juicy and mild, cooks to a lovely deep colour

ANGERS  $32
French type, with smaller leaves, and a more dwarfed tree overall (grows to about 2 metres), smaller fruits with flesh a little harder than other varieties but cooks down nicely, seems to keep longer than most others, sets a heavier crop with cross pollination from other varieties

PINEAPPLE  $32
Very old variety, vigorous growing tree, extra large leaves, fruit harvests late and has very nice flavour with a pineapple like aroma, useful baking, jams, and makes a terrific quince jelly, profuse ornamental bloom

MUMMERY'S SEEDLING  $32
This variety is an Australian quince discovered by Mr Mummery in Blacktown N.S.W. , harvests mid to late season, fruit is large, and tree is relatively upright and vigourous

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PEARS    $28

This year our pears are grafted onto Calleryana D6 rootstocks, which yield a standard sized pear tree if trained as a vase or central leader tree. In our own orchard, we also grow our espaliered pears on these rootstocks, and while they require a bit more care to train and keep down low as an espalier, they are more hardy than the dwarf pears, and do better in more difficult soils and drought conditions

JOSEPHINE  $28
Early winter pear with excellent fruit quality, rounded fruits, smooth skin, greenish yellow, with a faint blush. Yellowish white flesh is firm but tender, outstanding aroma, juicy, sweet, and rich in flavour. An old French Pear, pollinated by Cocktail and Packham.

WINTER COLE  $28
Winter pear which extends the season significantly, smaller rounded fruits, russeted brown netting, juicy and rich, selected in southern Victoria by the same nurseryman who found the King Cole apple

BEURRE BOSC  $28
Skin completely brown russeted, thin long neck widening to bell shaped pear, flavour rich and aromatic, flesh white melting and buttery, ripening about mid season, good keeper, very good as a baking pear or cooked as a dessert, pretty much foolproof to grow

COCKTAIL  $28
A very small pear, almost totally covered by a light coloured russet over yellow green, sweet and juicy, it gets its name from one of the uses to which it is put – cut up into pieces and served as h'orderves with cocktails, lovely accompaniment to cheese platters, meat dishes etc

DOUYENNE DU COMICE  $28
Skin lemon yellow with greenish tinge covered with speckles and patches of brown russet, flesh yellow white, very tender, buttery, melting, with an almost cinnamon flavour coming through. judged by many to be one of the best for taste and texture, tree tends to be very healthy, appreciates a warm protected position, a good bearer, and has beautiful shape and form

L’INCONNUE  $28
Very old French heirloom, medium to large yellow fruits with heavy brown russeting, firm, juicy, rich and sugary, one of our favourites, an excellent, heavy cropping, mid - late harvesting winter pear, I think we are the only nursery now growing this pear

 


WILLIAMS BON CHRETIEN  $28
This has become the standard pear variety grown pretty much worldwide. It is a high quality pear with smooth flesh and lovely aroma. Soft skinned and easily bruised, it ripens early to mid season, very good for bottling – keeps its shape and flavour when cooked, seems to do well in many different climates, stands the cold better than most others, self fertile - will set a crop when planted on its own

VICAR OF WINKFIELD  $28
Very old English pear, medium to large green fruits, elongated neck, one of the latest  winter pears to bear, pears useful for culinary purposes, also good fresh eaters, disease resistant

GEISHIRTLE EARLY GERMAN PEAR $28
Very old German heirloom, medium to large yellow fruits, firm, juicy, rich and sugary, one of our favourites, excellent, heavy cropping, one of the earliest harvesting pears, I think we are the only nursery now growing this pear

DUCCHESS D'ANGLOUEME  $28
Another very old French heirloom pear, small to medium sized green yellow fruits with faint russeting, soft and melting, juicy, rich and sugary, an excellent, heavy cropping, early to mid harvesting pear

BUTTIRA PRECOCE MORETTINI $28
Italian origins, one of the largest pears we grow - pick one pear and make a meal for four people!  Yellow fruits with very good flavour, slight russeting, firm, juicy, and an early cropper

PERRY PEARS   $32  

***Good discounts available for commercial quantity orders of perry pears ***

Perry is a similar drink to cider but it is made from pears called snow pears, which are a slightly different species to the European pears. Perry varieties have a high quantity of tannins in the juice. Perry pear trees have been known to live up to 400 years, and in the best situations, to grow to a height of fifty metres. Mature trees can frequently give rise to crops of one tonne, often two.

GIN   $32
Medium tree, medium acid, medium tannin, good quality perry. We had the chance to try some perry made from Gin pears last winter at Henry of Harcourt cidery and it was an excellent brew with some real kick to it. Gin is harvested midseason. Heavy, conspicuous spur systems on vigorous tree, scab resistant.

GREEN HORSE  $32
Fruits are apple shaped and large, as well as making perry, the fruit is suitable for stewing and pickling.

MOORCROFT  $32
Large tree, medium acid and tannin, good quality strong perry.

YELLOW HUFFCAP  $32
Large, vigourous tree, medium acid, low tannin, excellent quality perry, very productive, and sometimes becomes a biennial bearer.

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MEDLARS   $28

DUTCH MEDLAR  $28 
This variety has large fruits, and the tree has a spreading habit, slightly weeping form, with unusual crooked arrangement of branches, grown for ornamental form and pretty white flowers as much as for fruit

NOTTINGHAM MEDLAR  $28
Forms a smaller tree than the Dutch medlar, with smaller fruits, but is a heavier bearer overall, lovely display of ornamental white flowers in spring

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CHERRIES    $28 / $32

Most of our cherries this year are grafted onto Mazzard rootstocks, which yield a standard sized tree. We have a limited number of smaller semi dwarf trees of the Stella, Simone and Lapins varieties - these are grafted onto Colt rootstocks, and yield about a half size tree

DWARF CHERRY - LAPINS   $32
Beautiful large cherry, grafted onto semi dwarfing rootstock, large fruit with red firm juicy flesh and very good flavour, self fertile and precocious, late harvest, fruits should be left on the tree until dark red / mahogany colour is reached, has resistance to skin splitting in the rain

DWARF CHERRY - STELLA $32
The classic cherry, grafted onto a semi dwarfing rootstock, will only grow to half the size of the larger cherry trees. Large, dark red fruit, heavy cropper, maturing early December, self fertile, the most popular backyard tree of the last few decades, very good pollinator for many other varieties

DWARF CHERRY - SIMONE  $32
Has taken over from Stella , self fertile, large black heart shaped cherries, firm flesh, heavy cropping, pollinates with Ron's Seedling and Lapins, but will also set a good crop planted on its own


RON’S SEEDLING  $28 
Very large, dark red cherry, pollinated by Burgsdorf and Stella, firm flesh so it is one of the best for jam, bottling and preserving, also lovely fresh eating, and also copes well with warmer climates

NAPOLEON  $28
This cherry would have to come close to one of our favourites – it is a yellow skinned cherry with top rate flavour and good sized fruit, and its unusual colour means it gets some natural camouflage from the birds, ripens early December

BURGSDORF   $28
A very good cherry which has been around since settlement in Australia, large dark red fruit with soft flesh, heavy crops harvest early, an old favourite

BLACK BOY   $28 
Favourite old cherry in Australia, and still a very popular choice, heavy bearer of large dark red fruit, firm and juicy, pollinates with Bing and Napoleon

BING   $28 
America's favourite cherry, very large, mahogany red, firm and sweet, excellent tangy cherry flavour, large spreading and productive, selected by American pioneers, the Lewelling brothers, who took 300 cherry trees from Iowa westward to Oregon by oxcart in 1847, then selected Bing from the progeny of these cherries

LAPINS   $28
Large fruit with red firm juicy flesh and very good flavour, self fertile and precocious, late harvest, fruits should be left on the tree until dark red / mahogany colour is reached, has resistance to skin splitting in the rain

RAINIER  $28
Large yellow cherry with prominent pink blush, vigourous and crops well when young, fruit resistant to cracking, very good flavour and slightly disguised by its colour from the birds, very good pollinator for Stella, Napoleon, Van, and others

SUNBURST EARLY  $28
Dark red, very large fruits, luscious and tasty, late December maturity, fair degree of self fertility, more suitability than others for subtropical climates

STELLA  $28
Large, dark red fruit, heavy cropper, maturing early December, self fertile, the most popular backyard tree of the last few decades, very good pollinator for many other varieties

VAN  $28
Black shiny, smaller sized fruits, thickly clustered, very high quality, doesnt split readily when rained on, high in sugar even when unripe, excellent pollinator - pollinates with Bing, Lambert, Napoleon

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SOUR CHERRIES    $28

KENTISH CHERRY  $28
A lovely old cooking cherry coming in much earlier than other cherries. Quite edible fresh, the fruit are a pale red colour and are used for making jam and preserving, tree shows some drought tolerance and seems hardy. A pretty tree, they were selected by the planners to be distributed for planting around Canberra as an ornamental, when establishing the new city.

MORELLO  $28
This is a darker, smaller fruit, brings out its best flavours in culinary use, the tree is spreading and bears heavy crops (see picture page above)

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MARIPOSA  $28
Popular blood plum, egg shaped, mottled greeny red skin, dark red juicy sweet flesh, semi freestone, makes beautiful jam and plum sauce, and fine flavoured fresh eating, reliable regular cropper, excellent flavour, relatively low chill cultivar - only needs 250 chilling hours in winter, so worth a go in subtropical areas too

LICOLA  $28
Small to medium size blood plum with very good sweet flavour,solid and meaty flesh with plenty of juice,ripens mid season with Satsuma, grows well with us in hot dry northern Victoria and we suspect would do well in cooler climates too (as this is where it originated) We left a bowl of these sitting in a warm room in February for over a month and a half, and they were still perfectly edible - slightly shrivelled but still tasted good, with a mature flavour (pictured l-r : Satsuma, Wickson, Queen Rosa, Licola)

SATSUMA  $28
Maybe the most well known of all blood plums, mid season ripening in February, large, rounded dark red, firm juicy spicy flesh, described by one local nurseryman here as having a ‘satisfying clove like depth’ of flavour. It is a good bearer, useful for preserving and bottling, partly self fertile and gives even bigger crops if cross pollinated by Santa Rosa, Queen Rosa or Red Ace, only needs 300 winter chill hours

QUEEN ROSA  $28
Similar classic Japanese plum characteristics to Santa Rosa, slightly larger fruits, pollinated by Mariposa and Narrabeen

SANTA ROSA  $28
Popular early variety, yellow flesh, purple red skin, upright tree, self fertile, and also a very good pollinator for other varieties, a long time favourite with good flavour

RUBY BLOOD  $28
A favourite with many people, late ripener in March, with good sized fruits and the very darkest of flesh, pollinated by Satsuma

WICKSON  $28 
Large heart shaped, yellow fruits with slight pink blush, yellow rich sweet flesh, little or no tartness at skin or pit, early - mid ripening, great flavour, some degree of self fertility


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PLUM - APRICOT $28

PLUOT  $28
This is a very popular interspecific fruit - a cross between a Japanese plum and an apricot, very attractive fruits which look like plums, but have some good apricot tang in the flavour, a favourite with many who try it

PLUMS – EUROPEAN    $28

ANGELINA  $28
Mid season ripening plum that seems to appeal to nearly everyone, white bloom on purple skin, rich yellow flesh, prized for eating fresh, also for liqueur making due to its high sugar content

COE’S GOLDEN DROP  $28
Very late season ripener, large oval yellow plum, firm juicy sweet flesh, excellent apricot like flavour, good for drying, bred from two older classic plums – Green Gage and White Magnum Bonum, potentially pollinated by these two, or give D’Agen or President a try

D’AGEN (French Prune)  $28
Classic granddaddy of the prune plums, rich and sweet, purple skin with yellow flesh, wonderful fresh eating, and can also be dried on the tree or picked off and sat on a plate to dry to a prune, best pollinator for Green Gage

DAMSON  $28
These plums are once again having a resurgance of popularity amongst gourmets, who prize them for their high quality when cooked, they make fine sauces and jams, and great meat accompaniments, a small sized plum, hardy trees bear late ripening fruits

GREEN GAGE $28
This plum is an amazing eating experience – sweet and very richly flavoured but balanced with perfect amount of acidity. Singled out by the author of the Australian Fruit Tree book, Louis Glowinski, as his favourite fruit overall (a big rave, given his book covers a fairly significant proportion of the fruit kingdom) but this is a great plum, pollinate with Coe’s Golden Drop or D’Agen (pictured)

MIRABELLE  $28
Culinary plum coming back into popularity in recent years, with many chefs bringing them back onto the menu, smaller, sweet yellow round fruits, reaching fullness of flavour when cooked, sold in abundance in France and Belgium, a real antique – first recorded in France in 1675 (right)

SPLENDOUR PRUNE  $28
Prune plum which is the result of breeding the D’Agen and the Hungarian prune, has very high sugar content at 11%, (compared to 8% for the French Prune), long oval shape, sweet yellow flesh

VICTORIA  $28
Larger plum from England, and that country’s most popular and most well known cooker. Still sought after by many today, stews well, bottles well, sets a heavy crop

ZWETSCHGE  $28
Rich and sweet plum originating in the Eastern Bloc, traditionally distilled to make liquor, but is also beautiful sweet eating fresh fruit with amazing deep coloured greeny yellow flesh and dark purple skin, cooks to a rich compote, earlier than a lot of other European plums(pictured right)

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PEACHES    $28 / $32  

DONUT PEACH  $28
Unique white fleshed fruit, with a flattened centre - a genuine donut shape, sweet, with a mild flavour, low chill - only needs about 250 hours

DWARF PEACH QUEENSLAND  $32
A dwarf sized peach, reaching a total of 1.5 - 2 metres at full maturity, long thin leaves are glossy and dark green, a beautiful display of rose-pink flowers in Spring, fruits mid season, skin orange yellow with a deep red blush on the sunny side, flesh golden, with melting sweet flavour

DWARF PEACH 'JEANETTE'S MINIATURE  $32
A dwarf sized peach, reaching a total of 1 -1.5 metres at full maturity, fruits mid season, skin orange yellow with a deep red blush on the sunny side, flesh golden, with good flavour

DWARF PEACH VALLEY RED  $32
A dwarf sized peach, reaching a total of 1.5 - 2 metres at full maturity, long thin leaves are glossy and dark green, a beautiful display of rose-pink flowers in Spring, fruits mid season, skin orange yellow with a deep red blush on the sunny side, flesh golden, with melting sweet flavour
 
LENA KIRSTEN  $28
White fleshed freestone peach, selected by old N.S.W. nurseryman, ripens early - mid season, red skin on cream and green background, the flesh has lovely flavour, with some crispness, early to mid season maturity, low chill variety

BENDIGO BEAUTY  $28
Ripening in the first week of the year, fruit cream and red skinned, white juicy flesh, very good cropper, precocious (potentially a decent crop in the second year, with the proper cultural conditions), fruit gradually ripens over a number of weeks, not coming all at once

ELBERTA  $28
Very old variety and very popular ith the common people, yellow melting flesh, flavour superb when grown organically, can be eaten fresh, bottles well, and even dries successfully (pictured)

DWARF PEACH VAL  $32
Our smallest dwarf sized peach, reaching a total of 1 – 1.5 metres at maturity, suitable for limited spaces in small backyards and courtyards, good in pots, sweet yellow flesh

O'HENRY $28 
Late ripening yellow fleshed peach, full red skin, very popular fresh eating and also good preserving, late ripening, strong, vigourous, heavy bearing tree, one of the best, originating in N.S.W.

WIGGINS  $28
Older white fleshed freestone peach, very popular, tender, lovely tasting flesh

FAIRTIME   $28
Very late maturing peach with large yellow fleshed fruit, at its best this peach explodes with flavour

ANZAC  $28 ***not available for 2012***
Old Australian, white fleshed peach, ripens early - mid season, red skin on cream and green background, the flesh is lovely and soft, with more of a greener white colour, juicy, and excellent flavour

FRAGAR  $28  ***not available for 2012***
Old fashioned white fleshed peach, remembered fondly by many older Australians, lovely flavour, (though flavour suffers if over-watered), clingstone, very aromatic, high yielding, originally from Bathurst, mid season harvest

CREST HAVEN  $28 ***not available for 2012***
One of the most luscious peaches, with wonderful flavour and great appeal for the home gardener, rich sweet yellow flesh, good cropper, does well in many districts

RED HAVEN  $28
A very widely grown peach in times past, perhaps the world's most widely planted peach - both in orchards and home gardens, high quality golden freestone, nice flavour, medium sized and ripening mid season, reliable cropper, does well in many different localities

TAYLOR QUEEN  $28 
Extra late ripening version of the classic yellow clingstone 'Golden Queen', very similar characteristics but tends to be smaller fruit, very sweet and excellent bottling

FLORDAPRINCE  $28
Early ripening semi cling peach, large yellow fleshed fruits with red skin, needs only 150 hours of chilling to keep fruiting cycle going

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NECTARINES     $28

EARLY RIVERS  $28
Older white fleshed freestone nectarine, tender and juicy, medium sized fruits and a very good bearer. A favourite with many people, but often no longer available for sale in mainstream nurseries, ripens early season

HONEYKIST  $28
Rare older yellow fleshed nectarine, heavy bearer, rich juicy and sweet, soft flesh, perfect on a hot summers day

GOLDMINE  $28
Classic old fashioned Australian nectarine, melting white flesh, gorgeous flavour, freestone, easy to grow and ripening late, smaller sized fruits, our most sought after nectarine

FLAVORTOP  $28 ***not available for 2012***
Good yellow fleshed freestone nectarine, plenty of red blush, attractive appearance, fruit well liked by many people, cropping mid season, excellent flavour, one of the best

MAYGRAND  $28
Bright red glossy fruit, ripening as one of the earliest in the season, freestone, flesh yellow with red streaks, really good flavour, plenty of juice, wonderful fresh eating, also bottles well

SUNDOWNER  $28
Early ripening freestone nectarine, setting very heavy crops of well flavoured, attractive fruits, yellow fleshed, popular in N.S.W. and northern areas for its low chill hour requirement

NECTARED  $28  ***not available for 2012***
Brilliant red coloured skin, yellow fleshed freestone nectarine, attractive appearance, fruit highly sought after today, cropping mid season.

SUNNY DWARF NECTARINE  $32
Suitable for small spaces and little backyards, very good as a potted tree, a genuinely dwarfed specimen which if planted in the ground will grow 1 – 1.5 metres, fruits remain normal sized, good flavour, sweet yellow flesh


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FIGS $28 
                                                                                                     
The fig is a hardy customer with very good drought tolerance. It really is a tree from out of antiquity, up there with the oldest of known fruits still cultivated, known in Biblical times and well before, along with grapes and olives. The fruit is eaten fresh - delicious, but is difficult to get in the market, as it has such a short shelf life, and it is actually at its best when eaten straight from the tree – hence the need to grow your own! It is cooked in breads, desserts and myriad other dishes, (some of the best cooked figs I ever ate were simply cut in half, sprinkled lightly with brown sugar, grilled and then dolloped with mascarpone cream…divine). To overcome their inability to be transported figs have been dried, which they are suited to with their high sugar content. They also make a uniquely flavoured jam.

BLACK GENOA  $28
Large purple skinned fruit with dark red very rich sweet flesh, very productive and vigorous tree, gives a good crop – enough for you and some for the birds as well

BROWN TURKEY  $28
Early variety of fig, large in size, with a dark brown skin, pink juicy flesh, and a sweet sugary flavour. In Australia this variety does better in the dry inland than in coastal areas, but a very hardy fig which copes well with difficult conditions, crops over a very long period

BLUE PROVINCE  $28
Rare fig, once grown more widely in Australia, offered by Goodman’s nursery in early 1900’s, with a blue / violet skin and blue tinged purplish meat with red seeds, very soft and sweet, ripens mid to late, the tree has very large ornamental leaves

DWARF BROWN  $28
Originally sourced from a home orchard in N.S.W., where it had grown to about 2 metres high and about the same in width. Nice flavoured brown skinned fruits and a genuine dwarf tree suited to smaller spaces and backyards

SILVAN BEAUTY  $28
Purple skinned fruit with orange flesh, good flavour and heavy bearer, useful jam fig, discovered growing in Dandenong Ranges, harvests late season, tree can grow quite large

ADAM'S FIG  $28
Tree is large and vigorous, reliably produces a heavy second crop, fruit goes red / purple black when fully ripe, flesh is luscious thick, creamy, white and juicy, highly recommended by longtime N.S.W. grower

WHITE GENOA  $28
May be a better performer than others in cooler areas, yellow green skin and orangey flesh, and a milder flavour, not quite as rich for those who don’t like the really intense fig flavour

WHITE ADRIATIC  $28
This fig is another one of David Arnold's recommendations, - he says that of all the figs he grows, this one impresses people the most. Sometimes called the strawberry jam fig, in reference to its sweet jelly like red flesh, excellent flavour and flesh quality, a curiosity with this variety is that the early crop on the tree tends to be fruit with light coloured skin, and the later crop is more dark blushed, trees have very large leaves

TODARO  $28
Unsure whether this is a named variety or not, but we found it growing as a large spreading tree on our neighbours farm, and named it in honour of them (they taught us how to make salami, how to brew sweet red italian wine, and how to make the perfect pasta beans recipe, and were just wonderfully neighbourly). Anyhow, we think the fig was planted by Italian people nearly 70 years ago, it has white / green skin, pink flesh with good flavour, and is very prolific

YELLOW EXCEL  $28
Light yellow skin with amber flesh, a milder fig flavour, popular in N.S.W., excellent as fresh fruit, canning or drying, tree is strong and vigorous


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PERSIMMONS    $55 / $59

These deciduous trees are a lovely ornamental specimen tree, often with a semi weeping form, which gives a beautiful display of deep orange autumn leaves, and retains many of its orange coloured fruit after leaf fall, making it the prettiest fruit tree in the winter garden. The botanical word for persimmon  ‘diospyros’ means ‘food of the gods’, and it’s not far wrong either – the problem with these fruit being that they are often not left to ripen properly before eating, and they are very astringent when unripe. When ripe they are a delicious rich sweet flavour quite unlike any other fruit in the garden. Louis Glowinski suggests flavour is not unlike apricot jam.

Fuyu are offered this year as either a bare rooted tree or a potted tree (see list below for varying prices). Please specify on the order form which one you are wanting.

NIGHTINGALE (BARE ROOTED) $55
Smaller tree with lovely flavoured big sized fruits, ripening early season, the tree is a heavy bearer, suitable for smaller gardens, this tree is the best for cooler districts

JIRO DWARF (POTTED) $59
This variety is a new offering for us this year. It has been grown as a potted tree, and we send it with the potting soil still surrounding the roots. It is a fully dwarfed persimmon reaching to around 2 metres, with fine flavour, and good cropping potential

FUYU SEMI DWARF (POTTED) $59
Grown and offered as a potted tree, and sent out with potting soil still surrounding the roots, semi dwarfing size, reaching maybe 2 – 2.5 metres. Large, slightly flattened fruits, dark orange – red coloured skin, good and edible when still hard and crisp, then gains even more flavour as it softens to a soft jam like texture – ripens late in season, about the middle of May, and stores well, does well in cold or hot climate, hardy tree, practically pest free, only needs 250 hours winter chilling

FUYU SEMI DWARF (BARE ROOTED) $55
Semi dwarfing size, reaching maybe 2 – 2.5 metres. Large, slightly flattened fruits, dark orange – red coloured skin,good and edible when still hard and crisp, but then gains even more flavour as it softens to a soft jam like texture – ripens late in season, about the middle of May, and stores well, does well in cold or hot climate, hardy tree, practically pest free, only needs 250 hours winter chilling

DAI DAI MARU (BARE ROOTED) $55
Fairly large tree with pretty weeping form, and beautiful autumn foliage, smaller fruits, beautiful glossy skin, if cross pollinated the flesh comes a dark cinnamon colour, very sweet, rich flavour, excellent quality, ripening early

MULBERRIES
    
HICK’S FANCY      $32
The mulberry is a lovely old shade tree which has small elongated red berries on it, cropping late August and into September, coming in the ‘hungry time’ in the garden when there is not a lot else around, so fills a gap nicely. My children like to stand at the tree and just stuff them into their mouths, but the fruit are more often made into a rich sweet jam which becomes thick like toffee if cooked extra long. Good drought tolerance once established

BLACK ENGLISH      $46
Not as vigorous a tree as Hick’s Fancy, maybe a little slower growing in the early years, but the mulberries are probably the best for flavour - the richest and sweetest

KING WHITE (SHAHTOOT)     $34
The largest of the mulberries, sometimes coming in at 10 cm in length!  White in colour, they begin to go sweet when they are still half green, and become honeyed and sweet when fully ripe. 30% sugar content, in some places the fruit is dried and reduces down to an intensely sweet little snack, preserved and stored for winter, ripened in late October at our place this year

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POMEGRANATES    $28

Large orange sized fruits with pretty yellow – green to brilliant red skin, surrounding seed sacs of delicious juice, used to make a refreshing drink – grenadine. A tough plant - very drought resistant, and withstands extremes of heat and cold

WONDERFUL  $28
Standard Californian variety, with excellent flavour and beautiful colouring, very low chill requirement -only needs 150 hours

ELCHE  $28
Large pink skinned fruit, selected in Elche, Spain, for the quality of the fruit and the ornamental habit of the tree. Large double orange red flowers, needs a warm sunny position

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CITRUS     $34  
* We don’t send citrus through the post, so only order if picking up from a specified market/town or the farm

AUSTRALIAN LIME  $34
A native Australian citrus tree, has no thorns, havy continuous cropping with edible lime fruits, skin peels easily, a hardy plant, some drought tolerance, good lime flavours

VALENCIA  $34
Classic summer ripening orange, curiosity with this fruit is that in really hot summers around here, it will ripen to an orange colour then with more heat will turn back to a green colour, and can still turn again to orange later on, but the whole time it is still sweet and ripe, holds on the tree in good condition till late season

WASHINGTON NAVEL ORANGE  $34
Well known orange needs no introduction really, - large fruit of deep orange attractive colour, with a flavour that is the richest and sweetest of all the oranges. Useful for cool climate growing because of its relatively low heat requirement

LANE’S LATE NAVEL  $34
Large eating oranges, get their colour very late, holds fruit a long time and very good off the tree late in the season – ripens three months later than the Washington

NAVELINA NAVEL  $34
Sweet flavoured, seedless fruit, slightly oval in shape with a deep orange coloured skin. Navelina is one of the Navel oranges which are the earliest to produce fruit

LEMONADE TREE  $34
Medium sized tree producing heavy crops of medium sized mild flavoured fruit throughout the year. Not as sour as standard lemons and makes a lovely refreshing lemonade drink

MEYER LEMON  $34
Popular home garden lemon tree, grows 4 – 5 metres tall, rounded fruit with thin smooth skin, more frost tolerant and sweeter, juicier fruit that other lemons, grows in humid, tropical climates too

EUREKA LEMON  $34
Originated as a seedling in Los Angeles in 1858 from a box of lemons imported from Italy. Has a heavier summer crop than Lisbon, has the characteristic of being everbearing – pretty much always having at least some lemons ready to pick

LISBON LEMON  $34
Vigourous growing lemon sets a large crop of medium sized fruit, true lemon flavour

ELLENDALE MANDARIN  $34
Late fruiting variety with large flattened fruit, thin bright orange skin and are long keepers. Very good for warmer climates
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EMPEROR MANDARIN  $34
Early maturing, medium to large fruits, long tree life, good flavour, easily peeled

IMPERIAL MANDARIN  $34
Very popular early maturing mandarin, thin skinned, peels easily, great distinctive flavour

HONEY MURCOTT MANDARIN  $34
Late maturing mandarin, coming in between August and October in warm areas, later in cool spots, large sized fruit with thin skin, excellent sweet flavour and high juice content

RUBY RED GRAPEFRUIT  $34
Intense red fleshed grapefruit, good rind and flesh colour, cold hardy variety, maturing early June to end of September

TAHITIAN LIME  $34
A lime that turns yellow when fully ripe, but can be used in its green stage also. Very good lime flavour, useful in Thai cooking, refreshing drinks, fish dishes etc. Tree yellows a bit, but copes with our frosty cold winters and then rejuvenates in Spring warmth (like we do)

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NUT TREES

ALMONDS     $29

Californian Papershell  $29
Medium to large sized flattish nuts, papershell, most popular variety, produces consistently good yields, pollinate with Fritz, Ne Plus Ultra, Carmel

Ne Plus Ultra  $29
French almond, medium to large sized flattish nuts, papershell, popular variety, particularly for its excellence as a pollinator, produces consistently good yields, pollinates with Californian Papershell, and Self Pollinating Almond


Dwarf Self Pollinating Almond  $29
Slightly dwarfing tree, growing to around 3 metres instead of the usual 5 metre size, precocious cropper, good flavour, soft shell and as the name suggests, sets a reasonable crop without pollination, will also pollinate with each of the other varieties

Carmel  $29
More recent variety, very good yields of high quality nuts, and and excellent pollinating partner for Californian Papershell

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HAZELNUTS     $28

Hazelnuts are a wonderful nut to be able to grow in the home garden, they also make a lovely hedge or useful screening plant. One of the secrets with them is that they are wind pollinated, and we recommend growing at least three different types together in order to get adequate pollination to set good crops.

Cosford  $28 
Medium sized nuts with a light brown thin shell, good quality nuts and a heavy bearer if nearby other varieties, matures along with all hazelnuts around about mid March through to early May

Red Avelline  $28
Also known as Webbs Prize Redskin, it is a nut with a red skin on the nut kernel, taste is excellent, tree is a very good pollinator, and some think it may be partially self fertile so it stands a chance of bearing a crop without other trees nearby

Wandliss Pride  $28
Very similar to the American White, excellent flavour, very good crops, good pollinator

American White  $28
Medium sized nut with light brown skin colouring, very tasty and a heavy bearer

Lambert  $28
Prolific cropper, excellent quality large long nuts, with a sweet flavour, moderately vigourous upright grower


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WALNUTS

Walnuts produce a rich flavoured nut which is eaten fresh, (not too many at a time, as they are very rich), they keep flavour well when cooked and are used in ice-cream, cakes, breads, and sweets -   maybe the most famous of which is the Greek Baklava. Also an essential ingredient in the very fine Waldorf salad.

Black Walnut     $32
Native American nut, widely grown for the high quality of its hardwood for craftsmen, makes a prized specimen timber, but also carries a very highly flavoured nut. They are so rich that usually only a few are eaten at a time. Harder to shell than other varieties -maybe a help in thwarting the birds!

English Seedling (Juglans Regia)     $42
Tree usually sports a large nut, with medium sized kernel, same culinary uses as mentioned above. Not sure about the science of it, but apparently cows like to give birth under Walnut trees

Chandler     $58
Grafted walnut, new cultivar from the univeristy of California, smaller, semi dwarfed tree capable of bearing heavy crops as it is a lateral bearer, kernels of excellent sweet quality, trees remains compact so is suitable for home garden situations, we had nuts in year three on one of our young grafted trees

Franquette     $58
Another grafted tree, also very popular for backyard growing, not making quite as large a tree as standard varieties, but larger than Chandler,  good quality nut with sweet flavour


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MACADAMIAS     $36  
*We don’t send Macadamias by mail, so only order these if you are going to pick them up at our farm, or are meeting us at a market

Very well liked nut, the macadamia  tree from Australia is regarded as the best quality nut in the world. Usually thought to grow only in subtropical areas, but actually does very well in southern Australia, if given shadecloth protection from frost in first few years of life. Bushy evergreen tree, attractive red-green new growth, flowers pink or white in bunches of up to one hundred! The variety we offer here is selected for suitability to the cooler states.  A very easy nut to grow once established.

H2
A seedling macadamia that has very good vigour and should do well in the more difficult cold climates, one of the tetraphylla hybrids used in southern states, we dont send this in the mail, it is available only to pick up at markets, or from our farm at Yalca

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PECANS      $48

Native nut of USA, large tree, sends down a very deep taproot to find underground water, extremely long lived – some wild trees estimated at over 1000 years old, trees adapt well to most climates. Are less bitter and have more sweetness than the walnut, and can be substituted in most recipes, useful for everything from stews to pies, cakes, fillings, soups, ice cream, candies…Varieties include :

Apache Seedling  (pollination B Group)  $39 
Vigorous growing tree with a large sized nut, nice thin shell, easy cracking, heavy cropping, pollination group B, will need to be planted with a pecan from pollination group A to achieve heavy crops

Apache (grafted)  (pollination B Group)  $48
Vigorous growing tree with a large sized nut, nice thin shell, easy cracking, heavy cropping, pollination group B, will need to be planted with a pecan from pollination group A to achieve heavy crops

Shoshonii  (pollination group B)  $48
Precocious variety – starts cropping heavily when still quite young, nuts medium to large size, quite vigourous grower, upright, popular for backyards or smaller spaces, will benefit from cross pollination from an A Group variety, but does have some self fertility, so can be planted on its own

Desirable  (pollination group A)$48 
Proven variety, large nut, thick shell, meaty kernel of very good quality, light producer in early years, before becoming prolific and consistent, has some self fertility, so can also be planted on its own, but will give heavier crops if planted with a variety from pollination group B

Wichita  (pollination group B)$48
Moderately upright tree which is vigourous and bears at an early age, precocious and prolific, nuts are large and have purplish black stripes and splotches on clear brown shells, moderately elongated, ripening mid season, requires A Group variety for cross pollination

Cape Fear (pollination group A) $48
Medium sized nut that is easy to shell and has a high kernel percentage, light coloured nuts of excellent quality, self pollinating, but will benefit from cross pollination with a B Group variety

Cheyenne  (pollination group A) $48
Medium sized nut, attractive shell, nuts are loose in the shell, excellent flavour, well adapted to mechanical shelling, good for high density plantings, requires a B Group variety for cross pollination

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CHESTNUTS     $46

Nutritionally very similar to potatoes and cereals, high in carbohydrates, low in fats and proteins, can be roasted, baked, boiled, pureed; very good for taking out in the bush for roasting over the campfire, (the smell of cooked chestnuts is very alluring) can be dried and ground into a useful flour, easy to harvest and prepare, and gives good quantity of meat per nut. Varieties available include:

Marone  $46
Large nut from WA, but originally of Italian origins, fairly upright habit, exhibiting Asian characteristics, such as fine wood and pointy buds, excellent quality

Wandiligong Wonder  $46 
Late harvesting variety originating in north east Victoria, good easy peeling and no need to prune the tree

Emerald Gem  $46
From Emerald Lake area of the Dandenong Ranges, beautiful spreading tree – almost weeping in habit, very prolific, tends to bear heavily, distinctive orange tan coloured nut without stripes

Red Spanish  $46
Also called Wandenberg, a modest bearer so no pruning needed, makes a very large nut which matures early, and tree has a reasonable drought tolerance.

Seedling Chestnut    $32
This European Chestnut produces large sweet nuts, the kind found sold in fruit markets, seedlings are relatively quick to bear and are generally a little more hardy and quick growing than grafted trees

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STONE PINE (PINE NUTS)  $22

The nut perhaps most famous for being combined with basil to make pesto, but used in various other garnishes, added to salads, roasted and eaten fresh. Tree an evergreen, very hardy, survives without a lot of attention


PISTACHIO   $90 set of two   (for 2012)

Sold out for this year, and we are hoping to offer them in 2012, subject to confirmation of supply from another grower. You can place an order now, (no payment neccessary until you receive confirmation from us in Autumn 2012)

Offered as a pollinating pair - a male and female plant - the female variety is Sirora. Pistachios are suited to marginal land, limited irrigation, and will do particularly well with a hot, dry, rainfree summer / autumn. They will grow in as little as 400 - 500 ml rainfall if widely spaced. Little pruning needed, and delicious end product.

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AVOCADOS   $36    

*We don’t send these through the post, so only order them if you are picking them up from the farm or meeting us at a market



Wurtz (semi dwarf)  $36
Small, compact and weeping, but still producing a heavy crop, not quite as frost tolerant as Bacon and Hass, but easier to keep covered, self pollinating, green pear shaped fruit of good quality, good consistent flavour, crops heavily, and can be easily grown in containers, ripens mid season

Hass  $36
Evergreen large upright tree with black opal shaped fruit, ripeninglate season from September to January. These trees are suitable even for cold areas, and with a little shadecloth protection over the top for frosty winters in the first few years, they will grow and fruit just about anywhere in south eastern Australia. Very handy addition to the kitchen garden

Bacon  $36
One of the most cold tolerant avocados, believed to be able to cope with -6 to -8 degree frosts. Still needs covering with hessian or shadecloth to get it through the first few winter times, pale green shiny skin, smooth flavoursome flesh, no fibre, can start bearing in the third year, even in a cool climate, leaves have an anise scent.

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KIWI FRUIT    $26 set of two
Also known as Chinese Gooseberry, this fruit comes on a vigorous deciduous twining vine. They need to grow on some sort of support – either a trellis or pergola or fence. These are grafted onto a hardy lime and salt tolerant rootstock. Two vines are needed for pollination – a male and a female. We sell them as the set of two.

OLIVES    $18 
 
Kalamata  $18
Classic and popular table olive, perhaps most widely known of all varieties, good bearer, excellent flavour, good flesh - pit ratio

Frantoio  $18
Renowned for yielding the most fruity and aromatic oil in Tuscany, Italy. Oil content can be as high as 25%, great if you want to press your own

Manzanillo  $18
Multipurpose variety, medium sized fruits, heaviest bearer of the main varieties, tree is spreading and low and easily harvested, makes very good table fruit and also useful for oil production

Californian Queen  $18
From the University of California, large fruits, almost round in shape, plenty of flesh, heavy and regular bearer, originally came from a seedling of an Egyptian cultivar, so should do well in warm areas 

Verdale  $18
Arose out of southern France, and has been widely adopted by Australian growers. Most silvery foliage of all the olives, useful ornamental, and lovely flavoured pickling table olives, and also good oil yield

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SUGAR MAPLE   $28

Tall growing Canadian tree, used to tap the sap for Maple Syrup, (may come into its own once all the bees have become extinct due to colony collapse disorder.) Sugar maple will grow best in cooler climates, and deep soils with plenty of moisture, otherwise give plenty of supplementary irrigation

TURKEY OAK     $26

Not often thought of in terms of human food in our country, but once a subsistence crop for many people in Europe. Acorns can be boiled and baked, and the best varieties can actually be quite sweet and acceptable as a dish. Otherwise, pigs absolutely love acorns and are fattened on them with great success. The Turkey Oak comes from the Mediterranean area and was used for food in Spain, Portugal and Algeria. Its acorns are considered the most edible of all acorns.

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RASPBERRIES  $22 (bundle of 5)

Each of the raspberry varieties is supplied as a bundle of 5 canes, i.e. 5 x Williamette, 5 x Heritage etc.

WILLIAMETTE  $22
Crops in summer and then another crop in autumn, good quality berries, very popular variety

HERITAGE  $22
Starts cropping in late summer and continues right through to the end of autumn. Fruit comes on the new current season growth, and pruning is easy – just cut out all canes, or mow straight over the top of them. Does well in different localities, also recommended as the best variety for subtropical / low chill areas

NOOTKA  $22
Fruits mid summer and again in autumn, probably best in cool climate and good soils. In our long hot summers it tends to be average in size of its summer crop, but in autumn, gets bigger.

CHILCOTIN  $22
Heavy cropper ripening mid season over about four to five weeks, canes can grow quite tall compared to other varieties

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BLACKBERRIES   $10 per cane

These are supplied as dormant canes

SILVANBERRY  $10
Out of about eight different blackberry and blackberry hybrids we have trialled on the farm in the last few years, this one was our personal favourite. Also known as the American Bramble, it starts to ripen in November, and the berries are much easier to catch at peak ripening time than any of the others. Flavour is excellent, and in the hotter climate they keep their shape and resist going to jam on the bush

BOYSENBERRY  $10
Lovely tasting, plump purple berries, strong growing plants, flavour is excellent, crops late December and into January

LOGANBERRY  $10
Looks a bit like a raspberry but with a unique pink purple colouring, many people consider this to be the best tasting of all the brambles, with a unique sharp taste, harvest through December

YOUNGBERRY  $10
Tasty, dark purple fruit, two weeks earlier than Boysenberry, easy to grow

BLACKBERRY ‘THORNFREE’  $10
This is an extraordinarily prolific cropper, excellent flavour if left to ripen properly on the bush, keep picking them and more keep ripening each day or two, harvest around January, and on into March; from two bushes we picked nearly a ten litre bucket full two weeks running one year – that’s a darned lot of berries – they are very good preserved, in cakes and muffins, stewed in a syrup, combined with apples, make beautiful jam…

CHESTER THORNLESS BLACKBERRY  $10
This is similar to 'Thornfree' above, with slightly different ripening time, also very heavy cropping plants, extends the season

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BLUEBERRIES     $18

**Blueberries are supplied as as potted plants in 140 mm pots, plants are usually around one foot tall**

Blueberries if grown properly can produce up to 4 kg of fruit in a year. (that's a lot of fruit, given the size of the berries) As another grower pointed out - at $6.00 per 150 gram punnet, 4 kg equals 24 punnets of fruit, and this potentially adds up to a whopping $144 of fruit off the one bush over one season!! A good return on your investment.

DENISE  $18
Large dark berries, very nice flavour, small spreading bush, but keeping it pruned well helps it to stay extra productive

BLUE JOY  $18
A Knoxfield variety growing approximately 1.5 metres, with a spreading habit, an early cropping variety with well flavoured arge fruits

HERBERT  $18
One of the best flavoured blueberries, and said to have the truest wild blueberry flavour of any modern day variety, berries large and soft, dont fall easily from the bush, the plant is vigourous and productive

NORTHLAND  $18
Very heavy cropping bushes start harvesting in mid December, very good home garden variety

BLUE ROSE  $18
Heavy yields of medium to large fruit, cropping late December and into January

BLUECROP  $18
Mid season variety giving heavy yields of large berries, bright coloured, hold their size throughout the season, open upright bush with lovely burgundy leaves in the autumn

BRIGITTA  $18
Australian variety now grown worldwide for its great flavour and yield – which can potentially reach 9 kg in the best conditions! Berries are large and store well. Very large bushes sometimes grow to 2.4 metres high

DARROW  $18
A late upright vigorous bush, very large, firm, quality fruit, some degree of self fertility, heavy crops

ELLIOTT  $18
Continues to produce fruit late into the season, berries are medium sized, distinctive and well flavoured, need to be left hanging until fully ripe, a tough tall bush

CAROLINE  $18
Late variety, distinctive aromatic flavoured fruit, developed in Australia, moderate vigour and good bush shape

POWDERBLUE and BRITEWELL (the pair for $36)
A pair of evergreen blueberries, need each other for pollination, will cope better with warmer hotter climates, probably the best choices for subtropical areas, they keep a more compact bushy shape, sold together

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GOOSEBERRIES   $10

Older English berry, not grown much anymore, but a home grown gooseberry can be a wonderful eating experience, and one that is remembered fondly by many older Australians, berries are transparent in their skin tone, also useful for jams, jellies, pies, etc. We offer 'Captivator', a thornless variety


BLACK CURRANTS   $10

Woody deciduous bush to 1.5metres in height, leaves of the bush have a very distinctive scent when you brush past them, berries have a very intense colour and flavour, this fruit is one of the richest sources of Vitamin C, often used to make a syrup or cordial, and a good condiment, great for jams and jellies

Amos  $10
Heirloom variety, not offered in nurseries any more, very good for fruit, juice, jelly

Baldwin  $10
Very old variety, once the most popular of all varieties, small to medium sized black berries, produced in hanging clusters, compact bushes, harvest mid season, can be used for fresh fruit, juice, fruit jelly, and canning, mild flavour, ripens about 10 days later than White Bud

Black Seedling  $10
Small black berries produced in hanging clusters, can be used for fresh fruit, juice and jelly

Hatton’s Black  $10
Small black berries, produced in hanging clusters, can be used for fresh fruit, juice and fruit jelly

Magnus  $10
Small black berries produced in hanging clusters,

White Bud  $10
Short bunches of large black berries are produced in abundance, mild sweet flavoured black currant, used chiefly for juicing, cordials, sauces and canning

Goliath  $10
Older variety of currant, rarely offered in nursery trade any more, short bunches of large black berries are produced in abundance

Super Champion  $10
Short bunches of large black berries are produced in abundance, mild sweet flavoured black currant, used for juicing, cordials, sauces and canning

Wellington  $10
Very old heirloom variety, used for juicing, cordials, sauces and canning

RED CURRANTS   $10

Similar bush and habit to the Black Currant, but with much lighter coloured red berries, that are used for summer puddings, jams, jellies, and juices, varieties offered this year are

Jonker Van Tets  $10
small to medium red berries, blooms early,vigorous spreading habit, hardy variety which is reported from overseas to have good resistance to powdery mildew and rust, strong producer, earliest fruits to ripen, and can be used for juice, fruit jellies and purees

Red Seedling  $10
Hanging clusters of small red fruit are produced in abundance

Red Dutch  $10
Larger in berry and bunch than some red varieties, deep red in colour, bush quite upright, but slender in terminal growth, generally high yielding, mild flavour and used for canning and jelly making

WHITE CURRANTS   $10
Similar eating and fruit qualities to the red currants, but without the red pigment, and with a slightly sweeter flavour, (also potentially not quite as easy a berry for the birds to find)

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Victoria
Australia
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