Zilzie Fruit Trees (Popular)
Zilzie Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
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Loquat - Nagasakiwase
$44.00 ($44.00-$79.00 choose a size)
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.
Buy 1+ @$44.00ea usually:$49.00ea
Dwarf Loquat - Bessell Brown
$79.00 ($79.00-$99.00 choose a size)
Grafted onto Quince C rootstock, creating a small and compact tree. Bessell Brown are large fruited with thick, orange skin resistant to bruising and firm golden coloured flesh, having a pleasant mild flavour. Now it can be grown in small yards with this Dwarf variety. The tree is hardy and well suited to a range of climates.
Dwarf Mango - Irwin
$79.00 ($79.00-$99.00 choose a size)
Dwarf tree, sweet mild flavour. Regular, moderate yield. Attractive red purple skin colour. Flesh Average wt. 380gms. Low resistance to Anthracnose and Black Spot. Mid season fruiting. Harvested from a specific region of Japan, Irwin varieties are rotated as they ripen to evenly expose the surface to the sun and reach their full purple blush potential, when they are sold as Myazaki Mangos.
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Yuzu - Grafted
$39.00 ($39.00-$99.00 choose a size)
Native to China, the Yuzu has been used and cultivated in this region for thousands of years. The fruit is tart, resembling a grapefruit with mandarin overtones. It is rarely eaten as a fresh fruit but is used to makes sauces, preserves and a popular yuzu vinegar. In Korea thinly sliced fruits are combined with sugar and honey to make a thick marmalade like syrup. Yuzu kosho is a spicy Japanese sauce made from green or ripe yellow yuzu zest, chillis and salt. The yuzu is more cold tolerant than most other citrus, being able to tolerate to -5 degrees
Buy 1+ @$39.00ea usually:$49.00ea
Mulberry - White Shahtoot
$49.00 ($29.00-$129.00 choose a size)
Large, sweet fruit can reach up to 10cm in length. Delicious eaten fresh but can also be sundried and eaten as a sweet. Medium sized, spreading tree with a weeping habit, excellent shade tree. Birds love them too so make sure you cover them if you don't want to share. You can also get multiple crops by pruning immediately after your first crop.
