Mount Rascal Plants - Most Popular

A comprehensive guide to the fruit, nuts, bush foods and other edible plants that we grow. Includes a guide to the care and planting of fruit trees, climatic zone and essential reason for growing your own food. Excellent reference resource that we have been adding to over the last 37 years.

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	$5.00	68		Magazine	Buy 2 or more @ $2.50ea

This mulberry has a very low chill factor making it ideal for our subtropical climate. Pruning after fruiting allows it to be kept under 3mtrs, and also encourages multiply cropping throughout the summer. It is best to pick the fruit when ripe, as it doesn't ripen further off the tree. A benefit of a mulberry tree is that the fruit ripens over an extended period of time unlike other fruit that often ripens all at once. The fruits of the black mulberry, considered the tastiest and most versatile of the mulberries are large and juicy with a good balance of sweetness and tartness. The fruit of

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	$27.00	57	Cutting	Large	Buy 2 or more @ $19.75ea

The best Japanese variety so far, it has deep orange flesh, high flesh/seed ratio and very sweet flavour. Earliest variety to ripen. Thinning fruit will enhance fruit size. The Nagasakiwase often has 2 crops a year in the subtropics. The first crop in April / May then again in August. We have found by cincturing in summer, the August crop has a much larger crop and better fruit size.

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	$37.95	10	Grafted	Large

Large to very large fruit with large seed. Thick, orange skin resistant to bruising with firm golden coloured flesh. Pleasant mild flavour. The tree is hardy and well suited to a range of climates.

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	$34.00	24	Grafted	Large