Ayr Fruit Trees (Popular)
Ayr Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Lychee - Bosworth 3
$49.00 ($49.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Also known as Kwai Mai Pink, this variety will average 45 to the kg, is small seeded and very sweet. Will produce good crops every year, despite the climate or soil type from NSW to Cape York. Early season.
Grumichama - Black
$14.90 ($14.90-$79.00 choose a size)
The tropical equivalent of the cherry. The purplish-black fruit 2cm diameter are produced in clusters. Flesh white, melting and tasty. Mostly used for fresh eating, but also highly prized for jams, jellies and pies.
Dwarf Persimmon - Fuyu (NA)
$74.00 ($74.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Fuyu is a semi-dwarf variety, not a true dwarf, but well suited to growing in small backyards as, with pruning, it can be kept to 2m high. The fruit is large and flat, orange-red in colour with a sweet, mild flavour. Great eaten crunchy but just luscious when left to go soft. Besides producing delicious fruit, Persimmons are highly ornamental with their beautiful autumn foliage. Non astringent, so can be eaten when still hard. When young, protect from hot afternoon sun, and when dormant, from wet conditions.
Peach - Angel Subtropical
$59.00
Recently released donut shaped fruit. Very sweet yellow fleshed variety, which is more soft and juicy in texture compared with standard peaches. Will crop in warm subtropical climates. Requires about 150 hours chill. Suitable from Rockhampton south to the subtropics and coastal NSW. This variety has Plant Breeder Rights over it.
Fig Black Genoa
$29.00 ($19.75-$79.00 choose a size)
A large fruit with purple skin and red flesh that has a very sweet rich flavour. Grown commercially due to its high yields it is also a popular selection for home gardeners. Also known as San Piero abroad.
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