Abercrombie Fruit Trees (Popular)
Abercrombie Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Avocado - Shepard (B)
$54.00 ($54.00-$89.00 choose a size)
A small to medium pear-shaped fruit with thick, green skin that peels easily. The fruit has an excellent flavour, medium oil content and does not turn brown when cut. H Feb/March The tree has a spreading habit and is a high yielding. It displays good resistance to frost and anthracnose.
Yuzu - Grafted
$44.00 ($44.00-$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
Dwarf Peach - Valley Red
$46.95
A hardy, compact tree growing to 2 meters at full maturity. Often called the Super Dwarf Valley Red. Long thin leaves are glossy and dark green. A beautiful display of rose-pink flowers are produced in spring. A moderate crop of fruit is produced mid-late season. Size and shape is medium and round to oblong. Skin colour is orange-yellow with a deep red blush. Flesh is golden when ripe and the eating quality is very good, with a melting sweet flavour. High Chill, not suited to Warm climates
Lime - Kassia
$30.95 ($19.90-$30.95 choose a size)
This unique fruit is grown by a local fruit collector. The flesh is bright orange inside the green skin. Used in dressing, marinades and as a colourful garnish. It look like a mandarin but tastes like a lime. The vigorous nature of the tree makes it ideal for using as a rootstock for grafting other citrus.
Gooseberry - Captivator
$17.90 ($14.90-$17.90 choose a size)
Thornless mildew resistant Gooseberry, red sweet fruit when fully ripe. Requires cold winters and a moist partial shaded area rich in organic matter. Small deciduous bush producing many green gooseberry fruit in Summer.
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