Burwood Heights Fruit Trees (Popular)
Burwood Heights Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Orange - Cara Cara Blood Navel
$39.00 ($39.00-$99.00 choose a size)
A red fleshed navel, this variety was discovered in Venezuela in 1976. It has pink to red flesh similar to Star Ruby grapefruit. In South Africa it matures slightly earlier than Washington navel. It is sweet and the fruit often grows quite large. It is also a seedless variety that looks fantastic. The fruit is very large and is becoming a favourite in taste all around Australia. Quickly becoming the Blood Orange Tree to choose.
Mango - Kensington Pride
$59.00 ($59.00-$89.00 choose a size)
Grafted selection of the Australian renowned Bowen variety, excellent flavour, very juicy and aromatic. Most famous for not being too stringy. In cooler areas with wet spring weather, flowers and young fruitlets will fail and this can very much affect yield in those years. However sometimes you can prune off these flowers to force flowering and give it a second chance. Moderate susceptibility to Anthracnose and Black Spot. Average wt. 450gms. (Sams Selection)
Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A)
$69.00 ($69.00-$129.00 choose a size)
A small tree to about 4m popular for the back yard. A moderate cropper of medium sized rich, high quality fruit. Pear-shaped with dark green skin using Guatamalan rootstock. Aug - Oct Does best if grown with a B type pollinator.
Persimmon - Rojo (A)
$84.00 ($84.00-$84.00 choose a size)
Large, sweet, jelly like fruit when fully ripe. Fruit is deep red coloured, seedless and size is large and elongated with blunt ends. Rojo is the most common Persimmon grown in Spain where is known by the name Brillante. It is routinely treated with carbon dioxide so it can be enjoyed while still crisp as it is an astringent variety.
Dwarf Plum a-okay (TM)
$74.00 ($64.00-$74.00 choose a size)
Dwarf version of the prolifically productive 'a-okay' - a dark skinned plum with beautifully deep-red flesh and a small seed. The tree flushes attractive, burgundy coloured new growth throughout spring and summer. Reportedly having the highest antioxidant content of any plum, the whole fruit has potential health benefits for home growers.
