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Amanda4 starts with ... This is probably an odd question, but I thought it was worth asking. Just this year I started getting interested in "heirloom" fruit, which includes sloe berries. After looking around it seems like a pretty good crop is coming on. At least for sloes (they seem quite rare). Can fruit like this be posted to other states? I would hate for them to go to waste. Any suggestions welcome! Cheers Amanda
| About the Author Amanda4 Hobart, Tasmania 6th February 2012 3:07pm #UserID: 6505 Posts: 2 View All Amanda4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author micarle Kurrajong Heights, NSW 6th February 2012 4:32pm #UserID: 3141 Posts: 250 View All micarle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Amanda4 says... Hi micarle yes they are prunus spinosa (blackthorn) small plumlike with a dark purple skin and a very astringent type flavour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prunus_spinosa The ones that are used for Sloe Gin. Sorry I did not think to put in the latin name - my question was my first post to the forum. Doing some reading, I think Tasmania is one of the few places they grow "wild". They were planted in hedgerows, some of which still survive! | About the Author Amanda4 Hobart 6th February 2012 9:22pm #UserID: 6505 Posts: 2 View All Amanda4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author micarle Kurrajong Heights, NSW 7th February 2012 5:50am #UserID: 3141 Posts: 250 View All micarle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Amanda12 Hobart, Tasmania 7th February 2012 8:53am #UserID: 6509 Posts: 1 View All Amanda12's Edible Fruit Trees |
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gevuina says... Not unusual to find these growing in thickets along roadsides throughout Tassie. There is a large thicket of them which I pass going to work daily still laden with fruit although a little soft(indicative of how the birds don't even appreciate them). Made sauce from them one year but a sweeter Damson plum I found to be better for this purpose_ | About the Author gevuina Hobart 14th June 2013 8:53am #UserID: 8050 Posts: 1 View All gevuina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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joncornish says... I'd pay good money for sloes and so if anyone finds they have some please let me know. I'm from the UK and really miss them here in Sydney. They are best picked after a good many frosts before they drop off the tree/bush. They make Sloe Gin which is a drink that is out of this World! No two ways about it! Please get in touch if you have any info. Best regards Jon | About the Author joncornish Dee Why 23rd June 2013 6:00pm #UserID: 8066 Posts: 1 View All joncornish's Edible Fruit Trees |
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DawnH says... Just found this page when I was checking whether the fruit I have been harvesting for last 3 years was in fact damsons or sloes. Now I know they are sloes! I bought a damson tree 2 years ago and this year it has fruit which are now purple whilst the sloes are still green! Do the people above who asked for sloes still want any sent? I picked 15kg last year and left at least twice that many on the bushes (hedgerows) | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 4th January 2014 6:52pm #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Just found this page when I was checking whether the fruit I have been harvesting for last 3 years was in fact damsons or sloes. Now I know they are sloes! I bought a damson tree 2 years ago and this year it has fruit which are now purple whilst the sloes are still green! Do the people above who asked for sloes still want any sent? I picked 15kg last year and left at least twice that many on the bushes (hedgerows) | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 4th January 2014 6:55pm #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Timmy Adelaide 6th February 2014 11:11am #UserID: 9368 Posts: 2 View All Timmy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Hi Tim This morning I picked 6+ kg of sloe berries. I have an Auspost box labelled A5 which weighs 1.7kg when full. I could send you that via Express Post if you would like a sample of what they are like. Then if you want more you could arrange a courier - although AusPOst rates are much cheaper these days (just not very fast unless you pay the Express Post premium rate!) Dawn | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 8th February 2014 5:03pm #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Hi Sloe Gin Makers! I picked a few Kg of ripe sloes this morning. Last year I learned that to get them through AQIS channels OK I must freeze them here first then TNT transport them to you and the maturation process starts from the moment they defrost. If anyone would like 2kg sent in a polystyrene box please contact me - you will need to prepay with TNT first so that they just do a collect from me. You can SMS or call me on 043 002 3693. Dawn | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 9th February 2015 8:36pm #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Alison says... Hi. I am desperately trying to get hold of some damsons to make damson liquor and damson jam. My mum always made it in the UK and I really want to make some. Unfortunately I can't seem to find them anywhere in Western Australia. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get hold of some? Hope you can help. Thanks. | About the Author Alison Karrinyup WA 5th June 2015 11:24pm #UserID: 11468 Posts: 5 View All Alison's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 30th October 2015 11:18am #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Jacqui - each year the sloe bushes produce new shoots/suckers from the adult plants. Two years ago I harvested a few of them and placed them along a fenceline in my yard. About 80% of them took and they are now 1m tall. No flowers this year so no fruit either - but at least they are growing. I sent a few interstate last season with some fruit which someone else was going to try growing the seed from. Let me know if you would like me to send you some suckers this coming season. | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 30th October 2015 11:24am #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MandyP says... Hi, I am in Tasmania at the moment, travelling in our caravan until the end of March. I would dearly love to find some Sloes and following my old dad's recipe to make some sloe gin, for sentimental reasons more than anything. I would welcome any response to tell me where I can find some. Thanks, Mandy | About the Author MandyP Coolah 2843 22nd January 2016 7:34pm #UserID: 13137 Posts: 1 View All MandyP's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Hi Mandy - Tasmania is a big island (although it looks small on a map of the whole of Australia!) You don't say where you are or where you will be visiting? I have been told that there are hedgerows with sloe berries in the NW and around the Longford area in the Midlands (near Launceston). I am in the south so if you call me on 043 002 3693 I can tell you where the sloes will be ripe during March. Dawn | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 23rd January 2016 10:34am #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Reaper6666 says... Sloes aren't as common here in Tassie as many think! Also distillers i.e. Nonesuch distillery, McHenry and a good few others have been on the lookout for these along roadsides which makes it even more difficult to find them. They're attracting quite a premium price for their Sloe Gin etc. etc. I have found "through quite a large amount of driving" found 3 x confirmed sites where they are at and have even picked berries from them "although not as ripe as one may think". These really do need to be picked from the first frost of autumn/winter to get the best from them! Also, a lot of people tend to mistake Damson plums for sloes! If your berry exceeds 15mm in diameter then it's surely a damson plum! If it's the size of a regular plum, then it's also a damson plum! If the tree you've got the berries from doesn't have any spikes whatsoever, then it's probably not a sloeberry either! Sloes should look very similar to blueberries! Another misconception is that the colour emitted from a sloe comes from the skin... Not true, the colour comes from the flesh inside. If you squeeze one of these and there's no red ink from it then it's plain and simply not ready. The sites that I have found them on this week have all had berries, but they're not as of yet ready. | About the Author Reaper6666 Levendale 9th March 2016 9:54am #UserID: 13475 Posts: 3 View All Reaper6666's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Sloes are in fact very common in Tasmania - much more so than I had realised! Damsons ripened in January this year and fell off the trees weeks ago - sloe berries soften when ripe and get a distinct waxy "bloom" on their surface which is a yeast like product. You do not have to wait until the first frost to use them - just put them in the freezer which starts the maceration process. The berries in the south are quite a bit larger than those around Longford which may be due to hybridisation. Whatever the reason harvesting in the south is much easier and the product tastes great so I am told (not being a gin drinker!) See this link from the UK for more details and discussion about sloe berries and making sloe gin: http://www.sipsmith.com/blog/articles/how-to-make-the-perfect-sloe-gin | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 10th March 2016 9:48am #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Reaper6666 says... Sloes will always be around a uniform size of about a 5c piece! They look like a blueberry! They shouldn't be overly large like a 10c or 20c piece! and if picked early they WILL NOT bear some of the traits that are used like sloe gin i.e. the coloring. Coloring matures as the berries become ripe! At present, berries on these bushes aren't at that point. Just freezing them and taking them out of the freezer later on won't give you that blood red color that sloe gin has! At this point, from the sloes, you might get a yucky brown but that's about it! I also definitely wouldn't go around selling large quantities of Damson plums to distilleries and then go around swearing black and blue to everyone that they're sloes! Only to find much later on in the piece from the distillers that it isn't what they've paid $30-$50+ per Kg for! No offense, but spreading misinformation is not what the world needs! Make sure you've got the right product before profiteering from it! | About the Author Reaper6666 Levendale 16th March 2016 4:37pm #UserID: 13475 Posts: 3 View All Reaper6666's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Tony says... Hi Reaper666 - thanks for your response. If you are happy to send some frozen berries, maybe 1-2kg, I would be happy to organise a courier. You will know best when they are right to pick after the frosts. Could I contact you to sort out details? If you know of a courier in Tasmania who could deliver a small package, I'm happy to use that company. thanks again! | About the Author tony Paddington 17th March 2016 10:09pm #UserID: 11167 Posts: 5 View All tony's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Hi Tom In the last couple of years I have supplied several people from this list (including distilleries) see above Luke, Alison, Meredith, Rowland, Jo, Lynette, Fred, Rex, Linh, Tim and Emily. They have all paid $10 per kilo if they live interstate and $8 per kilo within Tasmania. I have no idea where the rate quoted by Reaper comes from! I use Express Post bags which cost $24.50 for the 5kg bag in which I fit a 3kg polystyrene fish box that holds 2kg of berries and costs $4.65. That means the delivered berries cost $25 per kg which I still think is expensive - but I live where they grow! | About the Author Dawn Montrose, Tasmania 21st March 2016 7:30am #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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SallyM says... Hi All I'm from Victoria but will be in Tasmania for Agfest and the week after that - so could pick up frozen fruit from you if it's still available. Could anyone please let me know if you have anything, specifically the ripe fruit suitable for gin. Dawn - wondering if you have your 6kg still available? Many thanks! Sally :-) | About the Author SallyM Geelong 29th April 2016 11:27am #UserID: 13818 Posts: 1 View All SallyM's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Hi Charles I haven't seen any plants in nurseries - but plenty of suckers around the plants where I pick from. That is how I started growing the plants I have in my home garden now. If you don't know the collection sites call me in a couple of weeks on 043 002 3693 when I am home again. (currently in the UK) Dawn | About the Author Dawn Montrose 19th August 2016 4:13am #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... Hi Andy - we have started picking sloe berries here in the south of the State. They are not all purple here yet - but the ones that are ready will "e;give"e; when you squeeze them. The berries in the North usually ripen before ours - so I would say yours should be ready by now too. Dawn | About the Author Dawn Montrose 20th February 2017 5:55pm #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Sandy29 says... I'm desperate for some damson plums. I wrote to SMH Food guide four years ago and got contact who supplied to Marrickville market once. If anyone has any I'd very very grateful to buy them. I make Damson brandy liquor. PLEASe let me know and Ill arrange to pick up anywhere in Sydney. Many thanks. | About the Author Sandy29 wahroonga 24th February 2017 8:33am #UserID: 15623 Posts: 1 View All Sandy29's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dawn says... I picked 20kg of sloe berries this weekend. I have 10kg cleaned, bagged and in my freezer now. If anyone would like a couple of kilos sent Express Post please send me an SMS with your email address and I will reply with details of cost and posting arrangements (or you can see my previous reply to this Forum in March 2016) Dawn Mob: 043 002 3693
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Dawn says... I posted on Daleys Forum in March 2016 about the despatch of berries interstate. The arrangement still stands as far as quarantine restrictions go. Berries must be frozen and therefore travel in polystyrene boxes via Express Post on Mon, Tues or Wed to ensure they arrive semi-frozen before the weekend. 2kg of berries will travel in a 5kg Express Post bag. Berries are $10 per kg from me. Send SMS with your email if you are interested. Dawn 043 002 3693 | About the Author Dawn Montrose 14th January 2018 1:13pm #UserID: 9267 Posts: 20 View All Dawn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anthony says... Sloe Berries required! I understand it is late in the season but I am looking at trying to purchase up to 500kg of Sloe Berries for my employer in Western Australia. We are a well reputed Gin company and require the Slow Berries for a new project. We have a freight company in Hobart ready for transportation to Melbourne where they will be processed. Please let me know if you can help. Kind Regards Anthony Reynolds 0427 464 493 | About the Author Anthony Fremantle 9th April 2019 6:11pm #UserID: 20091 Posts: 1 View All Anthony's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... Hello I would like to ask something about the sloe plants Im growing. Prunus spinosa is described as being partially self fertile and I have both cutting grown plants and 1 grafted one. The grafted one has a red coloured branch growing outwards below the graft union so I need to know if I should remove it or not. The supplier described it as being self fertile and I'm curious why this branch has been untidily left on the tree. Just wondering if this branch might produce flowers to pollinate the rest of the tree. Thank you if you can clarify for me.
| About the Author Linton NOBLE PARK,3174,VIC 13th August 2021 11:04am #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... Hi Linton, It might be poor workmanship or a mistake. It seems to have been cut back before and shot again. Or It might have been left to force the graft to push ? In my experience rootstock suckers can dominate growth energy more than the graft itself, causing graft decline. Perhaps you could find out what the rootstock type is. For pollination, maybe you could grow the red stick as a cutting in a seperate pot | About the Author jakfruit etiquette gotham city,3000,Vic 15th August 2021 7:45pm #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Linton NOBLE PARK,3174,VIC 17th August 2021 8:36pm #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author scottglead perth 6105 wa australia 28th November 2021 9:39pm #UserID: 28601 Posts: 2 View All scottglead's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... Dont think you will find anywhere that still has frozen sloe berries available at this time of the year as it is off season. The best time to buy them freshly harvested would probably be April. I purchased the last lot pictured, in June this year but that is very late in the season.
| About the Author Linton NOBLE PARK,3174,VIC 1st December 2021 3:22pm #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author TasPicker CAMPBELL TOWN 7210 TAS Australia 2nd December 2021 9:52am #UserID: 28631 Posts: 1 View All TasPicker's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Marine Bio Phil Mortdale 2223 Nsw Australia 2nd December 2021 11:23am #UserID: 28633 Posts: 1 View All Marine Bio Phil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... I bought them from some sellers in Tasmania. If you scroll up the thread you will see the details of some suppliers who should be able to send fresh or frozen berries to you next season. I used a lot of them to make syrup which is pretty good too. Cheers!
| About the Author Linton NOBLE PARK,3174,VIC 5th December 2021 10:24am #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author SloeDoe UPPER BLESSINGTON 7212 TAS Australia 13th January 2022 10:34pm #UserID: 29010 Posts: 2 View All SloeDoe's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author SloeDoe UPPER BLESSINGTON 7212 TAS Australia 16th January 2022 9:36am #UserID: 29010 Posts: 2 View All SloeDoe's Edible Fruit Trees |
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