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Chris starts with ... I first tried these last year and they are in season now. They are a favourite apple here, not that I've tried many of the non commercial heritage varieties. They are a cross between the sweet and firm Royal Gala and the tart and crisp Braeburn apple. I would like to grow one but the problem is that it is protected by PBR. Question: Is there any chance home gardeners will be able to buy them? Or will we have to wait 25 years for the protection time limit to lapse? I hope not! If any one knows where one can buy a tree please let us know. | About the Author Chris Sydney 16th April 2011 11:40am #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kert says... I accepted the critique of "modern" apples and have grown 8 heritage vaieties. Sadly they are not nearly as good as say Glden Deicious , Pink Lady, or Jonathan. Doubtless someone will spring to their defence and ,if so, can thay name names and indicate if their experience is first hand. | About the Author sydney 16th April 2011 3:18pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 16th April 2011 5:45pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Brad2 G Hill,Perth 17th April 2011 10:27am #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Jazz Apple Tree Wanted Melbourne 2nd February 2012 10:35pm #UserID: 6494 Posts: 1 View All Jazz Apple Tree Wanted's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Chillilower sydney 21st February 2012 9:04pm #UserID: 6128 Posts: 123 View All Chillilower's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Chris Sydney 22nd February 2012 7:18am #UserID: 2281 Posts: 263 View All Chris 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author uncle_roy FTG 16th February 2014 8:41pm #UserID: 9509 Posts: 1 View All uncle_roy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Adrianus says... I had the same problem of not being able to buy a Jazz apple tree. So I planted five Jazz apple seeds of which four germinated and one turned out to be a strong, large-leafed tree with incredible autumn foliage. It grew to two metres in its first season and is now in a large tree pot ready for next year. I hope to have fruit in the season after that, but even if it doesn't have good fruit, it's the best autumn tree I have ever seen. | About the Author Adrian Campbell 3rd July 2015 4:49pm #UserID: 11973 Posts: 7 View All Adrian's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Adrian Campbell 7th July 2015 8:26pm #UserID: 11973 Posts: 7 View All Adrian's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Bern Melb 29th July 2015 10:46am #UserID: 10304 Posts: 5 View All Bern's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Manfred says... That's simply not right Bern. The reason there are over 4000 named varieties of apple is that people grew seedlings in the past, liked the fruit and kept growing it. I have tasted dozens of roadside apples and the only one that ever stood out for taste was one which had no acidity or tannin in the fruit. I picked it a bit early and it was like biting into a potato. After fully ripening, with the amylase reaction turning the starch to sugar it would be a characterless sweet blob, like a sugar ice-block. All the others tasted like apples, though some had more tannin than popular varieties might. I have never seen a mature roadside apple tree which doesn't fruit. Fruit is fundamental to plants. The chance of getting an apple tree which doesn't fruit is like the likelihood of getting a baby without ears. It could happen, but don't plan on it. However, you are right that a seedling probably won't be the same as its parent. Just like a baby. Possibly very similar though. | About the Author Manfred tully 29th July 2015 12:23pm #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BenW says... Based on roadside apples, all are edible, at least for cooking or cider. Maybe 1 in 10 is nice tasting and I'd pick it to eat if it was near my house. 1 in 100 (or more) might be worth grafting. 1 in 1,000 will be a really nice apple. 1 in 10,000 might be commercially worthwhile. Note that this includes selection for things like even colour and size, looking similar to existing commercial apples so customers aren't spooked and holding up to long storage, transport, etc. I'd suspect that the nicest apples in selection trials are usually discarded, since they don't meet commercial criteria :) I wouldn't recommend that people with limited space grow from seed but if you are on acreage and aren't expecting every tree to be a winner, there's no harm in it. | About the Author BenW Kinglake West,3757,VIC 29th July 2015 12:41pm #UserID: 5390 Posts: 144 View All BenW's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Markmelb MT WAVERLEY,3149,VIC 29th July 2015 12:58pm #UserID: 7785 Posts: 1192 View All Markmelb's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Bangkok says... Apples? I just found this one, it is an ancient variety from Belgium. They write it tastes very very good sweet/sour. http://demoerbeiboom.be/nl/catalogus/roodvlezige-appel And if you're on their website (in Belgium) then also check their pawpaws, they have many grafted ones. Those can grow in Oz. This shop has many rarity's.
| About the Author Bangkok thailand 29th July 2015 11:28pm #UserID: 11594 Posts: 370 View All Bangkok's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Brian. Thirlmere 25th October 2016 4:43pm #UserID: 14827 Posts: 1 View All Brian.'s Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi everyone My dwarf Huonville Crab apple has just fruited after 4 years and boy it's loaded. Fruit is excellent with a balanced sweetness and acidity with a small to medium size fruit due to its crab parentage. Good for kid's lunchboxes. There's a similar cv that has came out recently called 'Redlove Apple' bred by Markus Kobelt in Switzerland. Mine is OZ discovered by Bob Magnus growing in Huonville, Tasmania. Growing as a'Y' espalier ATM.
| About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 1st March 2018 9:41am #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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