Sebastopol Fruit Trees (Popular)
Sebastopol Fruit Trees and the most popular plants Australians buy for mail order. With fruit trees you should consider climate suitability.
Dwarf Plum a-okay (TM)
$64.00
Dwarf version of the prolifically productive 'a-okay' - a dark skinned plum with beautifully deep-red flesh and a small seed. The tree flushes attractive, burgundy coloured new growth throughout spring and summer. Reportedly having the highest antioxidant content of any plum, the whole fruit has potential health benefits for home growers.
Dwarf Apricot - Tilton
$79.00
Medium to high chill self pollinating dwarf Apricot tree. Late season, medium sized fruit ripening in February. A heavy cropper often requiring thinning. Fruit is delicious and suitable for fresh eating as well as cooking and preserving.
Avocado - Bacon (B)
$54.00 ($54.00-$79.00 choose a size)
Upright vigorous avocado producing pear shaped fruit of medium quality. It is regarded as the most cold hardy variety, sometimes surviving down to -5degC. It does require care to bring this subtropical tree through winter. Worth trying in urban Victoria or South Australia. H March - May
Loquat - Nagasakiwase
$49.00 ($49.00-$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.
Quince - Pineapple
$54.00 ($49.00-$54.00 choose a size)
Pineapple quince is a very old variety, vigorous growing tree, extra large leaves, fruit harvests late and has pineapple aroma, Large, pale yellow fruit. Self Pollinating Not usually eaten as fresh fruit as it is too acid, but stewed it becomes soft and tender with a pink color and has a delicious flavour and aroma. Used in preserves and jellies. Prefers a sheltered position away from winds. Suitable in temperate climates, a hardy vigorous growing tree.
