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HappyEarth says... Tough choice but I would have to say: 1) Lychee 2) Blueberry 3) Soursop Have a great day! Rich www.happyearth.com.au | About the Author HappyEarth1 Wollongong 15th January 2008 1:17pm #UserID: 215 Posts: 94 View All HappyEarth1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Adrianna Cooper says... my favourites are 1) Plum 2) Tangello 3) Pear Taste Great and are fruiting well also my lemon had so much fruit that I couldnt even give them away. Happy orcharding Adrianna www.jasorglife.com | About the Author Adrianna Cooper Logan Village 15th January 2008 3:28pm #UserID: 224 Posts: 17 View All Adrianna Cooper's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... 1. Dwarf Coffee Trees (Catui) - The desire to achieve the perfect cup of coffee has given me a love for the coffee tree. I have 8 growing in pots and my older ones have beans on them. They are a lush evergreen tree and when they flower it is spectacular and the smell is overwhelming like a frangapani. It is amazing how such a small tree can produce so many beans even after 2 years. They are definitely a talking point for me. 2. Black Sapote or Chocolate Pudding Fruit - This fruit is a bit bigger then an orange but it is action packed. The ones I have eaten had no seeds and the insides are thick and creamy. The taste is splended and yes in my opinion there is definitely a chocolate pudding flavour especially if you mix it with coconut to give the milky flavour of chocolate. I now have 2 varieties that I am growing in pots the bernicker and the ricks late black sapotes. 3. Mango Tree - I am most proud of my mango tree that I am growing in a pot. Most people who see it can't believe that such a small tree can produce huge mangoes. I have the Glenn variety however most people like to grow the Dwarf Irwin Mango Tree in pots. The Glen has the best flavour though. | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 15th January 2008 4:10pm #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Bruce1 Rhynie SA 15th January 2008 7:16pm #UserID: 565 Posts: 2 View All Bruce1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Dayle Batistic says... Guavas have become our favourite, we are eagerly awaiting our future crop to ripen and as soon as it does they will be going in the juicer with our organically grown oranges, aaaahhhh heavenly. Also, I have planted a feijoa which has doubled in size with all the rain we have had , I am looking forward to future crops of feijoas as well. We have a magnificent lychee tree that last year gave us a bumper crop but unfortunately the birds and the possums beat us to them this season, rats, I'll get the bird netting up earlier next year.
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About the Author maggie rogers winter park florida 15th January 2008 8:49pm #UserID: 567 Posts: 1 View All maggie rogers's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jenny Bluefields says... here's my 2 cents worth... 1st favourite - Capulin Cherry, a prolific producer of tiny tasty fruits that, because of their pine resin flavour, remind me of drinking Retsina! 2nd favourite - Like Paul's, Acerola Cherry. Its flavour and texture lies somewhere between an ordinary cherry and a sweet juicy red capsicum. 3rd favourite is the Rose Apple and I'm anxious for my overpruned tree to bounce back so I can remember why exactly! I'd also like to pay homage to the exquisite scents of orange and lemon blossoms. (By the way, photo by Kath is of Chris and I on the highway into Kyogle under flood!)
| About the Author Jenny Bluefields Homeleigh (via Kyogle) NSW 15th January 2008 9:20pm #UserID: 562 Posts: 1 View All Jenny Bluefields's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Adrianna Cooper Logan Village 16th January 2008 5:22am #UserID: 224 Posts: 17 View All Adrianna Cooper's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anna Lusso says... I agree with you, i have been saying for years, that in coffs region rains very abundatly and there is plenty of surplus. Instead of disalinating or recycle water, why not collect water from this region and take it where is needed. I come from Canberra originally where is dry. many cities are screaming for more water in the dam. it requires a lot money to desalinate or recycle water, just as much as diverting water. where i would like to share our over abundance of water. | About the Author Anna Lusso Coffs Harbour 16th January 2008 7:45am #UserID: 569 Posts: 1 View All Anna Lusso's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Adrianna, We have been discussing our coffee trees on this coffee tree forum. I would love to see some of your coffee pictures. | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 16th January 2008 9:17am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... pawpaw with some salt and peper with a squeeze of lemon soursop, so its still frim in the skin but as u bit it the sensations explode in your mouth. but the best is durian fresh or slitly frozen, but my heart only can handle very small amounts of it now, and i luv the way people react to its smell (purely havenly) | About the Author John10 SB South Australia 16th January 2008 10:43am #UserID: 549 Posts: 127 View All John10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Lee3 Canowindra 16th January 2008 11:45am #UserID: 576 Posts: 1 View All Lee3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Maria says... Granadilla (Passiflora Liguralis) from Colombia, crack in on your head, eat it with a spoon, Beautiful spoted orange rigid skin, inside it looks like snot, but it taste delicious. Yellow Pitaya... delicious, but don't eat too much or you will need to go to the toilet... Mamoncillo, also from Colombia, you can not find it here, it's like a lichee, but green outside, salmon color inside... | About the Author Maria Sydney 16th January 2008 12:42pm #UserID: 342 Posts: 7 View All Maria's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Val says... Mangoes - the short but wonderful season is now over. Will be a while before I'm picking my own - the tree is just a baby. Bananas - (okay I know technically it's a herb)can't go past the flavour of home grown bananas. Won't be long now before I'm eating my own (pictured). And, of course, pinapples. | About the Author Darwin NT 20th January 2008 1:41pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ruth Brown says... #1 Lychees, I grew up on them and their season is too short. I can't get enough of them and they are no where near as good in the shop as they are fresh off the tree. They grow well enough given water in my climate. #2 The ever versatile Lemon. It is easy to grow,they last reasonably well I can make alot of different things with them. #3 Rambutan another fruit I grew up on (in Season) I don't have a plant but would love one. Again one of the best fruits taste wise. I always want what i don't have ie: Ice Cream bean hint hint. | About the Author Ruth Brown Clermont 21st January 2008 3:52pm #UserID: 597 Posts: 1 View All Ruth Brown's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Alison says... Oh this is so tough! I love: 1) Mango - especially sucking on the seed! 2) Black Sapote - who couldn't love a fruit that looked like chocolate moose on the inside - fantastic in fruit smoothies 3) Babaco - Such a beautiful fragrant smell and juicy flesh and we got so many huge fruits off our tiny tree, it was insane! And soursop, cherimoya, lychee, oh and the bubblegum taste of jackfruit... Alison www.happyearth.com.au | About the Author Wollongong 28th January 2008 10:28am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... Hey aanji, look for these in the thai and indo cook books. These are the most probile places due the the abunance of the there. I find it hard to believe you would be able to make a jam from a ripe friut as it turns to a liquid when its ripe. I prefer to eat them slithly hard so as the serbert tingles down my throught. I have a tree in Indo but its classified as a chicken food by the locals. Anyway if you succeed, give me the recipe too. Im interested. Thanks | About the Author SB SA 4th April 2008 6:19pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... hey aanji, sorry my wife just told me she used to make it reguarlarily, I now told. You make it the same as you would stawberry. Only need jam setta, sugar and very ripe soursops to maintain that sweet but tangy flavour. Hope it works out. I have to wait to get back to get to taste this. Apparently, pine apple, star apple, star fruit, and even durians can be made the same way as jams. yummy. Do you know by know what I am asking my wife to make will we are overseas. good luck. | About the Author SB SA 4th April 2008 7:21pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Amy says... 1. Feijoas....yummy. We had a fantastic dwarf, self fertile variety back home in NZ...it produced huge fruit every year with absolutely no attention. Beautiful fresh or in a crumble. We're planting several feijoas in our new garden - love the taste & the fruit seem to be very difficult, if not impossible, to purchase here. 2. Tamarillos. Another favorite from NZ that are stupidly expensive over here. Lovely fresh, cut in half with a sprinkle of sugar. Yuuuuumy! 3. A tie between rhubarb & Blackboy peaches. Rhubarb is just a lovely staple to have int he garden. Easy to grow & yummy to eat. Especially cold, stewed rhubarb on your breakfast cereal. Yummy. I was astounded when I bought some in the supermarket & the girl on the checkout had no idea what it was...had never seen or tasted any! As for blackboy peaches - an oldie but a goodie. I have no idea if you can get them here - I haven't seen them for sale but I'd love to get one if I could. They make the yummiest desserts! My grandmother used to bottle them for us...so yum. | About the Author epiphany2 Melbourne 10th April 2008 12:56am #UserID: 703 Posts: 84 View All epiphany2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... 1. Passionfruit, passionfruit and more passionfruit! 2. A well grown feijoa with lotsa pulp. 3. Cherry guavas (red n yellow) This was hard cos' i also adore (home grown ) peaches n nectarines and my Wortly Hall black muscat grape, mangoes etc. But the 3 above are always pretty good regardless of their heritage and I don't need 'nasty' chemicals. | About the Author amanda19 geraldton WA 16th May 2009 7:25pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Tropicdude says... Only 3 is really tough, so I asked myself, if I could only have 3 trees/plants what would I have... Mango.. Just love the taste of a good tree ripe mango. Lemon.. Useful for so many things, plus lemonade, lemon meringue pie, etc. Bananas.. I always find myself snaking on these, one main advantage, is that they are low in acid, so no heartburn. and Tomato, yeah I know thats 4, but since everyone uses it as a veggie instead of a fruit I am using that loop hole :), pasta sauce, tomato soup, ketchup, pizza... | About the Author Tropicdude Dominican Republic 1st October 2009 1:34pm #UserID: 2856 Posts: 24 View All Tropicdude's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I'll dig this up with 3 I can never decide between :0 1. Apricot 2. Mango 3. Lychee Although the average Mango is better than the average Apricot I find the very best tree ripened Apricots beat out the best Mangos sligggghtly, but there's a massive difference between a good Apricot and a average variety so most of the time Mango is better. Lychees well they are unique in flavour pretty much and deserve to be just under that. There's another 3 or 4 Like Cherry, Cherimoya, White Fig, Peaches, Raspberry, Red Tuna (cactus) etc that are at a similar level to the top three. Longan is the worst fruit I've ever tasted just for the record :) and I have tried it several times just to be sure | About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 28th June 2010 9:45pm #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rev says... 1. Tropic snow peach. tree ripened. can smell it from a metre away! tasted in geraldton tried 10 years ago. still makes me salivate. 2.Pinks mammoth custard apple, ripened to perfection 3.Balinese highland Mangosteen. plump n perfect. ive never seen anything but rubbish manggis on sale here. | About the Author Rev north qld 30th June 2010 2:03am #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rev says... i forgot #4 Blood orange :) # 5 black english mulberry #6 a ripe strawberry - esp with cointreau and icing sugar anyway Maria- i can get you mamoncillo seeds/trees i know two full size trees so ill be watching for fruits. i missed last years anjee? jam is usually equal fruit to sugar if it doesnt set add pectin powder or use rosella pits, quince peel or apple peel to up pectin so it sets | About the Author Rev north qld 30th June 2010 2:10am #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Violet_Cactus says... My top favourite fruits to eat fresh out of hand are - 1) NECTARINES (sun-ripened, just picked.) 2) RASPBERRIES (not a tree, so I'll have to add an extra fruit type!) 3) PASSIONFRUIT (not a tree either...) 4) MANGO 5) ORANGES And I KNOW I would love Chocolate Pudding Fruit if I ever got the chance to taste one. Daleys, can you graft a cold-tolerant variety for Melbournians? | About the Author VioletCactus1 Melbourne 3rd July 2010 8:54pm #UserID: 516 Posts: 349 View All VioletCactus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... Thank you all - I have made a list of desires from your suggestions, but it's like being asked to name three of your favourite children... to be a good sport, I can name my first three fruit trees : Cumquat (for jam and nostalgia), lemon (for its usefulness) and Saville Orange (for the best marmalade). They were first because, as a novice, I knew they would grow well in Sydney. Since them, I have grown and love many newcomers to my garden. My newest love is the lycee which arrived just a couple of weeks ago. It is the tree of love for the Chinese and at first I was disappointed by its 'droopy' form, especially in the rain that we've had. Since then it has gained a grace and beauty that is taking my breath away. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 8th December 2010 6:56am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... No Rob, Favourite fruit trees and ones I can grow isn't the same :). I've tried Mango and Lychee and they live for years no problem, Winter isn't an issue but there's not enough heat (mostly at night) for them to grow at a decent speed. You could probably grow both in a backyard in Melbourne where you have the extra urban heat and maybe a wall also. But in a non modified Southern Victorian climate that's not in town it's not warm enough. Perth Adelaide Sydney and ?Mildura? < maybe is about the line of limit for easy growing of Mangos. South of those you need some extra heat from somewhere, either a city or some kind of greenhouse or rocks.. etc | About the Author Jason Portland 16th December 2010 8:06pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Mangosteen might be the queen but durian is outa sight better than all else.Red Prawn,Gaan Yeow and Montong are good varieties but you need a well 'cultured' palate.Fai zee siu Lychees, Nam dok mai mangoes,the finest stonefruit and best mandarines and african yellow passionfruit deserve a jersey on the starting line up. I reckon rambutan, all the sapotes,naranjillas(cumquat x green carambola),raspberries and cherries are entrenched in the reserves. | About the Author Cairns 12th June 2011 10:01pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Hi mandy, forget the mangosteen unless you have a well heated glasshouse set up. Sapotes are a different matter, white sapotes will do very well in Melb and if I can grow a green sapote (albeit slowly) here, it should be much easier in Melb. By the way I'm not in Melb, I'm in Mt Gambier which is near the coast close to the SA / Vic border. | About the Author Jantina Mt Gambier 14th June 2011 7:37pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Hi John, I read something from Thistlebrook farm at Toowoomba yesterday, where they state that they have a cool temperate climate with about 40 frosts a year. That's about 35 more frosts than what we get here, but my friend over the other side of Mt G. gets lots more, and another friend near the airport gets frosts right up to December. This has made me have a think about just how much impacts on whether something will grow in a given situation.Temps, soil,light intensity,water, etc,etc. We have lots of big trees here and I have gone out on frosty mornings to check where the micro climates are, and where there is no frost even on a frosty morning is where I plant my tender things. It's quite probable that my green sapote will never fruit but then again maybe it will. As for the Pouteria nitida, I have one in a pot outside that I thought my husband had killed but it resprouted, one in the ground that has made reasonable growth with small branches and one in the glasshouse that is booming. | About the Author Jantina Mt Gambier 14th June 2011 11:11pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I class frost as 0c but most people will call it any time ice forms on an insulated surface which can be quite a few degrees above freezing. Amazing how much the climate can change in a small area. The other night I measured the temps on one side of the hill I live under and it was 5c, up the slope of the hill was 6c. On top was 7c down the other side was 6c on the flat was 5c, then 4c and at my house near sea level was 3c. This was all in the space of a few kilometres. You might almost grow a mango on top of the hill, yet get damaged avocados at the bottom (huge difference). You could certainly grow very good bananas ontop. P.S outer Melbourne was 12c and Port Fairy 11c at this same time | About the Author Jason Portland 15th June 2011 5:26pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Herberton,Wondecla and Ravenshoe at around 900m officially had frost about 5 times so far this may/june but temps were 1-3c.Cairns had an insane 10.6,Cooktown 9 and people have dressed like polar explorers.Way different from the last few years.BOM warns of possible frost when is gets about 5 or less. | About the Author Cairns 15th June 2011 6:30pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Speaking of microclimates in one district the minimum at green and low islands was 2o last night,cairns was a crazy 10,mareeba was 5 and wondecla was -2 with another evening of widespread frosts on the atherton tableland.It makes me think that pockets of seq and coastal nsw could have milder winters that allow many tropicals to do alright. | About the Author Cairns 16th June 2011 5:33pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... That should have been 20 and it almost never gets below 20 or 21 there. I can't really grow whites here but greens i'd have a shot at because they like it a bit warmer and canistels a bit more again I believe. Because of the height and aspect of the mountains(to 1600m) and tableland and warm sea there is alot of variation of temps and rain in a small area.I can eat durian and rambutan in the morning,go to a chums at Ravenhoe and have apricots and nectarines at lunch and go to Mareeba and have figs and persimmons for afternoon tea. | About the Author Cairns 16th June 2011 9:19pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Mareeba is a dustbowl and part of the Einaseigh uplands(only 400m) rather than than the fertile and higher atherton tablelands.Malanda and Yungaburra are 'developing' faster but not like Cairns and the dude ranches and few ha subdisions have almost stopped.Mareeba to kuranda is developing fast. The pubs are pretty well intact. I tried in vain to follow your instructions and this computer has defied me.I am bustin' to show this uberguava to Peter and it will have to wait. | About the Author Cairns 16th June 2011 10:59pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... Yes, as much as I enjoy trying to push the limits of the so-called uber-tropicals, I'm more than happy to grow my flat peaches, despite their problems up here. All of those trees are under 1m and are in pots. most are reputed to die if the temps ever drop below 10oC, but they've had 5-6 nights under that already and only the pometia seems to be suffering, and only the soft new growths. I have a very warm brick wall that absorbs 8hrs of sun and keeps warm through the night, so if the temps drop below 7oC I figure I might as well just move them to that spot for extra insurance... | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 17th June 2011 9:17pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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