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Our Newest Little Aussies

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We dropped all our tools last Monday 12th April, shut the shop and headed into the Kyogle Council offices to watch Paning and her daughter Mary become Australian citizens. This was the second time that the staff from the nursery had filled Kyogle's Council chambers to celebrate Australian citizenship, as Sophie had taken her oath back in January. It was a proud moment for all of us watching our mates swear their allegiance to our Nation and we would like to welcome you as our newest little Aussies. Congratulations Sophie, Paning and Mary.

Growing Jujubes and Eating Them

2010-04-08T13:18:00.008+10:00

I have been in contact with Lucy who is an avid forum & My Edible contributer. You can view her public my edibles page here:

JuJube for Sale in Melbourne

She sent me a punnet of Jujubes:

They really were great tasting almost like an apple but with a different type of sweetness and also much more crunchy almost like a pear that isn't fully ripe.

Jujubes don't ripen at the same time and different varieties ripen at different times.
She says
"They only ripen one or two fruits per day so I may have to pick them over few days before sending to you. They also don't ripen off the trees. "

Daleys sells the trees Here so you can put your name down via email or sms to get notified when they are ready to be mail ordered to your address.

Jujubes, Ziziphus jujuba

However if you were in Melbourne and wanted to get in contact with Lucy she tocks many different varieties in grafted and bare rooted and they can be planted in winter

She grows all her jujubes in pots and says:

"I get 50 to 80 fruits per 5 years old tree comparing to growing in the ground you could get 5 times that much in an ideal environment. The good thing is they don't ripe at the same time so every week for my trees I only pick about a dozen riped fruits at the time. Hopefully, trees will get bigger and give me more fruits."

You can contact lucy at
jujubeforsale@yahoo.com.au

Free Fruit Tree Magazine March & April 2010

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To get this offer just mention in the special instructions.

March - Order over $100 worth of fruit trees and we will give you the How to Grow Fruits & Vegies magazine.

April - Order over $100 worth of fruit trees and we will give you Simply Organic Gardening Magazine.

Extra Jakfruit Pictures

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- From Cape Trip Fruit Farms

Busting Open a Jakfruit ( Jackfruit )

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Not the most beautiful of pictures, however we busted open the
jakfruit this morning for breakfast. The arils around the seeds are
delicious, they taste, like banana, pineapple, tropical fruit salady
bubblegum, were some of the comments, Jesse spat his out and Nina
refused to try it. Carla has just spent 1/2 an hour getting the rest
of the arils out of the sticky latex ladened rags, they are going into
the freezer for a more crispy taste later in the day.

Beautiful Bunchosia & Giant Jakfruit

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The Peanut Butter Fruit is a beautiful and unusual fruit tree, ideal for frost free locations. The tree has glossy green dense foliage down to the ground, making it the perfect choice for use as a screen tree. It grows to about 5m at the most and can easily be kept back to 2-3m with pruning. It is at its best when in flower and fruit which both come on together and smother the tree with bright highlights from the yellow flowers and the orange and red fruits. The fruits are very unusual and not the sort of thing you will find in the shops. They are bright red and soft when fully ripe and have a hint of peanut butter flavour with a rich sticky taste and texture.

Jakfruits are also starting to ripen here in the subtropics with the heat of summer. The fruits are huge and hang from the main trunk and the largest branches of the tree which have the strength to support the weight of these large fruit. The trees will also require a frost free site to thrive and are hardy and attractive once established. The fruits are pungently aromatic and delicuously sweet to those who aquire a taste for them. The pockets of fruit that surrounds the seeds is the most edible part of this giant fruit and can be eaten fresh, frozen or dried. The pithy surrounds can be stirred fried as a vegetable and even the seeds are edible and tasty when roasted.

Wonderful Wampees and Glorious Grapes

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After the fabulous rain we have received up here in the Northern Rivers the orchard is looking sensational. I wandered down there last week and had a feast of wampees. Personally my pick is the lively tasting Guy Sam, it can be a little sour for some though, so those of you with a sweet tooth may prefer the delicious sweet Yeem Paye. Related to citrus the wampee has a tangy sweetness reminiscent of their larger and better known relatives.

The grapes are just beginning to colour up but are not quiet ready for picking yet, although they looked very tempting dripping with rainwater.

Pre Purchase Fruit Trees

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For the first time you can pre purchase a fruit tree with your credit card. So if there is a fruit tree on this list that you do not want to miss out on then you can reserve the fruit tree via pre purchase.

As a general rule you should receive the fruit trees within 6 months usually much earlier and at this stage you will be given the option to add other fruit trees that are also in stock at this time.

Caution on Wish Lists or Multiple Fruit Trees not in Stock

Pre purchase works well for one fruit tree not in stock. If you are after lots of fruit trees not in stock then pre purchase may not be for you because we can't guarantee that all of these fruit trees will be in stock at the same time.

Facebook and Twitter

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Can you become a Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery fan on Facebook?
Would you like occasional "Tweets" from Daleys on:

Staff Preparing for Spring

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Kath Answering Your Phone Calls

Paning & Dwarf Mulberries

Kathy Labeling

Preparing Your Plants

Boxes Waiting to be Sent

A Peachy Spring

Rod - The master potter

Ekka: Avocados Lemons

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Correy with a Eureka Lemon Tree at the Ekka

There was a great display of avocados

Full Time Position - Nursery Person

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Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery is looking for a Nursery Person with.

- Honest and enthusiastic work ethic that is motivated and genuinely interested in establishing a long term career as part of a friendly team.

- Applicant will genuinely need to enjoy and have the capacity for physical outdoor work.- Experience or willingness to learn production, propagation and dispatch procedures, plant protection & weed control.

- Willingness to contribute to a positive team environment.- Preferred Knowledge of fruit trees ( varieties, climatic suitability, orchard planning )

- Profit sharing incentives after first year.If this opportunity is right for you send in your resume and expression of interest.

Please Contact Us

Bare Root Stock 2009 Just Arrived

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We are very excited because our Bare Root Stock has just arrived and is ready to be mail ordered to homes across Australia.

Winter is a great time for the Mail Order of Bare Root Fruit Trees.

Some Bare Root Fruit Trees Ready for Sale
Quince Tree Bare Root
Apricot Tree Bare Root
Dwarf Apple Tree Bare Root
Peach Tree Bare Root
Low chill Dwarf Sunset Peach Bare Root NEW
Nectarine Trees Bare Root NEW
Almond Trees Bare Root
Grape Vines Bare Root

Backyard Revolution

2009-04-08T13:19:00.003+10:00

Australias 60 Minutes had an episode on eating and experiencing fruit & Vegetables in your backyard.
"It's a fight back against the fast food pre-packaged snap frozen pace of modern life and it's happening in our own backyards."

Watch it here:
What's your reason for getting into the backyard "save money, environmental, healthy?

25% Freight Discount for April & May 2009

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Discount & all Freight Calculations are done automatically online once you enter your postcode.

April and May is a great time of the year to get fruit trees, nut trees and rainforest trees mail ordered to your doorstep. So why not get that pomegranate, tropical pear, guava or dwarf macadamia that would make your backyard just that little bit more fruitful.

Daleys has over 1000 different varieties to choose from so take advantage with Freight & Handling Discounts during April & May Only.

* Excludes WA
* Excludes Wholesale
* Orders Need to be placed during the sale period.

Video - Berries, Raspberry Blueberry Mulberry

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Kath from Daleys talks to Phil Dudman the Garden Guru on abc north coast nsw radio about all the wonderful berries you can grow in your backyard. Mentioned in this fruit video - blueberry, raspberry, dwarf black mulberry, panama berry and mulching advise.

Dwarf Low Chill - Peach and Nectarine - NEW

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We have two new varieties a Peach and Nectarine available soon which will be fantatastic for people who live in QLD & NSW who don't live in overly cold climates. (Usually peaches and nectarines require colder climates but not these varieties )

The trees are tiny at only 60-80cm tall and the trials look promising not to mention the taste.

Make sure you put your email & mobile down so you can be notified when they are ready for sale.

Sunset Dwarf Red Leaf Nectarine - Get an Email when ready

Sunset Dwarf Red Leaf Peach - Get an Email when ready

The Nectarine Pictures

The Peach Pictures

Pruning Shears - Fruit Trees

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Fruit trees love being pruned. It is an easy way to get more fruit and shape the way your fruit tree will grow.

We have just added a new range of pruing shears and saws that you can purchase directly from daleys.

Buy Pruning Shears for Fruit Trees

How to Prune Fruit Trees

Fruit All Year Round

2008-12-05T09:26:00.004+10:00

One of the holy grails in your backyard orchard is being able to go outside and pick fruit at any time of the year.

Tracey used our fruit tree catalogue and selected what fruit trees she thought she can grow so that there will always be something edible cropping in her backyard.

Check out Traceys list here: Fruit All Year Round

Reduced Freight & Handling - The Story So Far

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What's New: After you place an order with daleys you now have the ability change your order 24 hours a day online until we send it.
Reduced Freight for North QLD Customers eg Townsville, Cairns etc we have been able save your freight costs by 35% with one of our freight couriers.
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One of the most frequent suggestions we get as a nursery who sends fruit trees all across Australia is "We love your plants and the way they get to us safe and sound but the freight and handling costs are too expensive when I am just ordering a few plants"

Firstly we would like to say Yes we have taken note and here are 2 decisions we made to reduce this cost to you.

1. Reduced Freight Costs: We designed 2 new boxes a small and a medium box which is lighter weight and less volume
2. Reduced Handling Costs

We use to have a $12 Handling fee for all fruit tree orders under $100 and FREE for orders over $100 because of the following jobs and material costs.

- Daleys sends paper catalogues out to customer addresses.
- Daleys answer Phone/Fax enquiries about fruit trees.
- Daleys Phone/Fax Customers back when fruit trees are ready for sale.
- Daleys calculate and Quote Freight costs
- Daleys Phone/Fax changes to order after it is placed. (Not all orders)
- Daleys Check all plants for quality
- Daleys Pack plants + Packing material costs.
- Daleys prepare paperwork for freight companies
- Daleys answer follow up enquiries and give growing advice.

But recently we have reduced the handling fee to $4.50 for orders fitting in our small box and $6 for orders fitting in our medium box and FREE for orders over $100 and the reason is because most of our customers (like yourself as you are reading our blog) prefer to order online which means the process above now looks like this:

- Customer finds plants they like on the web.
- Customer inputs their email and mobile number to be notified when plants are ready.
- Customer places order and knows freight.
- Customer makes modifications after order is placed. ( NEW )
- Daleys Check all plants for quality
- Daleys Pack plants + Packing material costs.
- Daleys auto Lodge Freight paperwork
- Customer asks question on Daleys Fruit Tree Forum for best growing methods in their area.
- Daleys Sends customer Gift Voucher after 3 months and asks customers to give us feedback.

Below is our video on how we pack our plants

Fruit Trees Springing into Action

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My first Pomegranate Galusha Rosavaya (Best Tasting Fruit) Flowers after only 1 year. Huge Flowers and rich orange,red colour.

In the subtropics where we don't get the right chill hours you can still grow apples you just need the right varieties. I have chosen the Dwarf Dorsett Golden Apple Tree which is already fruiting in my first year since getting them from Daleys.

Apples like cross pollination so I also got the subtropical variety called the Dwarf Tropic Sweet Apple Tree.

My Babaco after many flowers dropping off is finally nursing a babaco or champagne fruit through to completion. After 3 years I am delighted.

I have already repotted the babaco.

The Gulf Ruby Plum gave me fruit last year and looks like it won't disappoint this year. I noticed last year the fruit was on the trunk but this year it is on the branches. Perhaps it likes to fruit on new growth.

I have about many different varieties of blueberry plants for cross pollination. My favourite variety is misty for it's size but some other varieties are better in taste. My advise is don't just get one variety.

The Sugar Herb Stevia only has a limited lifespan but it is easy to uproot a portion of the main plant and then replant as I have done in my Black Sapotes pot. Stevia is sweet and has a strong minty aftertaste.

The panama berry has covered itself into flowers and the smell is overbearing when you are close to this plant. The flowers, fruit and leaves omit a fragrant smell. Best of all it has a long fruiting time except for winter.

My Florigon Mango Tree is grafted and wants to fruit straight away. By keeping this flower it will dwarf new growth and hamper the size of next years crop. Regardless I am going to try and get 1 mango from this baby mango tree.

My coffee plants which I am growing in pots have finished producing their red berries and are pushing some new growth as the weather heats up. I am expecting them to break into flower in summer.

Daleys Dwarf Black Mulberry Trees are the best tasting variety you will get. Far better tasting then the sometimes acidic tasting ones you find in parks throughout Brisbane

This Bowen Mango Flower has got a fungus from the rain we had in Brisbane a few months ago. My best course of action is to cut all the flowers and hope I get more flowers. Then spray them with copper spray and anthracnose spray

I haven't had too much luck with my Red Dragon Fruit cropping perhaps because I haven't chosen a sunny enough position but it is looking healthy. I have recently seen a few dragon fruit farms on the outskirts of Brisbane.

Fig Tree Video

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Transcript:
Growing a fig tree in your backyard would have to be one of the most rewarding fruits to grow that there is especially in the taste department. They can be eaten dried, roasted, stewed, preserved but best of all fresh of the tree. They are a fruit that has a very small shelf life so it is often very difficult to find them in the supermarket. Their large leaves are very attractive and can give your backyard a mediteranian feel. In winter it will lose most of it's leaves especially in colder climates where once established they can handle quite a large frost. If you have restricted space then they will thrive in pots just as long as you have a high quality potting mix and a nice sunny position for them. Figs love the morning sun because over night mildue will cover the leaves which cause it to get fungal diseases so the morning sun helps to dry it out. One advantage of growing them in pots is that you will actually get less leaf growth and more fruit. This is because of the root restriction.

When in pots they will stay about human hight but when planting them int he ground they can grow about 2-3 meteres. Like most fruit trees they like water to go past their roots but they don't like to be constantly covered. So you might like to do a drainage test by filling your hole up with water and waiting for 30 minutes to see if all the water drains away.

They are very easy to look after and only need fertiliser to be applied once a year in winter. Often they will naturally grow into a nice shape so pruning is often not very necessary however older fruit trees to respond well to being pruned.

Figs are self fertile which means they don't need another fig tree to pollinate and create fruit. So you can just buy one fig tree and get figs. There are many different types of fig trees such as black genoa are a brown fig with red flesh. Prestons Prolific figs which have a white flesh and yellowy exterior. Brown Turkey and as the name suggests has brown skin with a pinky flesh. Piconi which is created by a local to Kyogle named John Piconi. And also the fig white adriatic which is yellow skinned large figs with a red pulp.

Most figs develop the same way and when they are young you will get 3 main branches from the trunck. The fruit develops on the branches towards the tips surrounded by leaves. The fruit also grows on the new wood So if you want to get more figs next year your fig tree will enjoy being cut back by a third.. When picking the figs from the tree it is often a good idea to have a long sleaved shirt because the sap and the leaves can irritate your skin.

In summary if you have a nice sunny position in your backyard or have a spare spot your balcony to place it in a pot then growing fig tree looks great and will taste great.

Production and Propogation Material

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With over a thousand different varieties of fruit trees and rainforest plants we can't have them all ready for sale at once. So if you search for a plant not in stock it will now say either In Production or Seeking Propagation Material. Please remember to click the button email me when available and also remember to put your mobile number down so we can notify you when the plant you want is ready for sale.

In Production

Simply put a plant in production is growing at Daleys Nursery and should be ready for sale once it reaches a certain size and health. Depending on the type of plant "In production" may mean this plant has recently been grafted, planted or potted up by a Staff Member.

Seeking Propagation Material

We don't have this plant growing in the Nursery but may be sourcing seeds or cuttings to be able to grow them at a later date. If you can help us get the right propagation material we would love for you to contact us.

Videos - Rollinia and Yacon

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Kath and Correy have prepared some videos on:
Rollinia

Yacon - Apple of the Earth