Australian Capital Territory Fruit Trees (Popular)
The ACT has a temperate climate and this is a list of the plants people buy to have mail ordered to them in the ACT.
Dwarf Persimmon - Ichikikijiro (NA)
$69.00 ($69.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Large flat fruit of excellent quality. Being a dwarf variety it is well suited to backyards but is also a good commercial variety. Mostly seedless fruit, Non astringent.
Yuzu - Grafted
$49.00 ($49.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Native to China, the Yuzu has been used and cultivated in this region for thousands of years. The fruit is tart, resembling a grapefruit with mandarin overtones. It is rarely eaten as a fresh fruit but is used to makes sauces, preserves and a popular yuzu vinegar. In Korea thinly sliced fruits are combined with sugar and honey to make a thick marmalade like syrup. Yuzu kosho is a spicy Japanese sauce made from green or ripe yellow yuzu zest, chillis and salt. The yuzu is more cold tolerant than most other citrus, being able to tolerate to -5 degrees
Persimmon - Fuyu (NA)
$59.00 ($59.00-$79.00 choose a size)
The fruit is large and flat, orange-red in colour with a sweet, mild flavour. Semi-dwarf variety. Besides producing delicious fruit Persimmons are highly ornamental with the beautiful autumn foliage. Non astringent, so can be eaten when still hard.
Avocado - Bacon (B)
$49.00 ($49.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Upright vigorous avocado producing pear shaped fruit of medium quality. Most cold hardy variety, down to -5degC. Great for Victoria. H March - May
Persimmon - Nightingale (A)
$79.00 ($54.00-$79.00 choose a size)
A deep-orange flesh that is very sweet and juicy when ripe. A conical large shape. Very high quality flesh that is most often seedless. Compact growing. Astringent
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