My Edible Fruit Trees: South American Trees NSW

avocado (Grafted)

Fruiting Months June

Planted: 2007

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado

Avocado - Grafted (Grafted)

Comments: -

Grafted avo from Carla, could be a hass or a sheppard Grafted onto Pug seedling from Kyogle. Attempt no. 9.

Grown with protection for first two years, shade house.  Planted into a large mound.

2011 - first flowering & fruit set

2012 - my first crop - now wondering when they will be ready to pick - might wait till Easter.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Grafted, bargain bin at nursery (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

(this died after root damage with excavator, while building a retaining wall)

Was looking a bit sad, but is recovering and budding quite well. I bought this to have scion material to graft onto the seedling if necessary, to get some fruit out of it sooner

Height 150 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

avocado duke 7 ^10/10

Comments: -

cold hardiness

Avocado Hass

Comments: - Healthy young tree bought locally. Pictured is the original Hass tree in California from whence came the millions of Hass trees growing worldwide. It was a chance seedling in 1926 and unfortunately succumbed to Phytophthora in 2002.

Black Sapote

Comments: -

 I have Bernicker and an unknown seedling. The seedling produced one fruit last season (at three years of age) It grew to golf ball size then dropped.

black Sapote (Grafted) ^6/10

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This is the black sapote's second year in its pot.  It has lots of new growth starting, no fruit as yet.  Last year the fruit fell off, but it had only just been transplanted, so we are hopeful for this year

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None as yet

Organic Status:Organic

Black Sapote - Maher

Comments: -

Supplier - Daleys

I just got it 2 months ago. Still in its original pot.

Cherimoya

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Cherimoya - white seedling (Grafted) ^1/10

Comments: -

Wont take -3/-4

Chicken avocado (Seedling)

Comments: - Cos I have NO idea where it came from!

Planted: 2012

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pest Control: The chickens. 

Organic Status:Organic

Question: Must be from a chicken .. but surely NOT the seed!?

custard apple

Comments: - 3 in the picture is the custard apple

custard apple

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Tree did not grow much at first but looks nice and healthy with deep green leaves which mostly fall off by the end of winter.

Started flowering the following spring, solid growth all through summer and seems to do well in Sydney.

No fruit set but I'd rather the tree got bigger first anyway.

Planted: 2013

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer and Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chook poo

Organic Status:Organic

custard apple unknown

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Got it from Masters. not much growth so far, but doing OK

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

dwarf avocado lamb hass

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

feijoa (Seedling)

Comments: -

Planted December 2009. Good looking specimen about 1.5m when bought from local nursery.

Did nothing not one bit of new growth until last month, now has new growth all over it. September 2010.

Has grown significantly will hopefully flower next spring - May 2011

Planted: 2009

Height 152 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Feijoa - Ellen (Cutting)

Comments: - Recommended by a Canberra Feijoa enthusiast. Described as a large-fruited early variety.

Planted: 2019

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

feijoa seedling

Comments: -

Planted in dry area of garden so far only a few small fruit .

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fruit salad stone, fruit salad cirtrus, Mexican creamy guava, pinkabelle apple, pomegrenate, Glen mango, custard apple, black figs, pawpaw, avacado, mandarin, banana, carrots ^5/10

Planted: 2006

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Pruned By: 50% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

jaboticaba ^3/10

Comments: - I also planted this about 3 years ago and I had 3 fruit last year and not a single one this year but I have had a great growth in foliage 

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: amgrow harvest

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

North American Pawpaw (cascade) (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Louis large Melbourne

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone, sudden impact by neutrog

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Pawpaw (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: -

Pawpaw Southern Red Bisexual - from Daleys. Tastes yummy, but less yummy during cold weather. I've recently figured out that the best thing to do with those green fruit that are showing a bit of skin damage from the winter is to use them up about August thru October as a vege (my favorite is Thai green pawpaw salad), because if I let them get ripe they won't taste good. Any green fruit that still look ok by October can be left to ripen on the tree. Tree looks nice from about November to June (then it looks very shabby due to the winter weather). Planted next to a north facing brick wall (NNE actually), with moderate wind exposure. Water in warmer weather. I'll give it 6/10 for Sydney climate, although I'd give almost any pawpaw 9/10 in the tropics.

I've grown a few pawpaws (mostly Southern Red bisexual or their prodigy) here in Sydney, and they usually die after 2 to 4 years. I suppose the cool winters and damp clay soils aren't kind to them. I planted some pawpaws in Perth's sandy soil once that lasted longer, and I got more fruit to the fully ripe stage (the aspect of that spot in Perth was as good as it gets though, so that may explain its better performance)

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August

Planted: 2012

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: during warm season

Pest Control:

None. No major problem with pests. Some black spots on fruit mainly during cool season.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Pawpaw

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A fruit we eat a lot of and an important medicinal. I would probably need to plant seedlings both male and female and still might be unreliable so I might propagate some more Babaco as substitute.