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aka Fig Edible

Edible Fig. A handsome tree with large lush green foliage. The summer fruit have greenish-yellow skin and fine flavoured red pulp. Plant in a sunny well drained spot with protection from harsh frost. Deciduous.

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aka Gooseberry

The Gooseberry has long been cultivated for use in pies and jellies and has a high content of Vitamin A and potassium. You will know the berries are fully ripe in summer when they are easy to pull off. Any surplus freezes well. Plant in morning sun or part shade. Deciduous.

The Gooseberry is hardy and in fact loves a cold winter however be aware that new spring growth can be damaged by frost. Gooseberries like a nice layer of mulch or compost around their shallow roots. When pruning remember they fruit on older wood.

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aka Gooseberry

A must to have in every home garden. Great for making pies like Gandma use too. A heavy bearing and disease resistant gooseberry with large flavourful fruit that can be used for culinary purposes or eaten fresh when fully ripe. Fruit ripens Nov - Jan Deciduous.

The Gooseberry is hardy and in fact loves a cold winter however be aware that new spring growth can be damaged by frost. Gooseberries like a nice layer of mulch or compost around their shallow roots. When pruning remember they fruit on older wood.

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aka Gooseberry

A well shaped, slightly bristly fruit that is dark red when fully ripe. Berries are larger than Invicta. Good eating. The plants are very vigorous and spreading but can be shaped up by pruning. Produces occasional spines on young wood, but at maturity it is virtually spineless.

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aka Grape Table

A popular NZ bred table grape that ripens towards the end of autumn. Good weather and disease resistance. Large-medium black fruit that look and taste great with an aromatic spicy flavour. Grapes will grow in most soils but do better with good drainage and of course they love the sun. Deciduous.

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aka Heritage grape

A grape steeped in NZ history, arriving originally with Bishop Pompallier some 170 years ago and was used as both a table and wine grape. Disease resistant, large, black, sweet, delicately flavoured grape. Ripens early March. Plant in a full sun, sheltered, well drained spot. Deciduous.

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aka Heritage grape

Large black dessert grape with strong, musky flavour and lots of tannin. Origins in Kohukohu where they showed natural disease resistance. Ripens late March. Plant in a sunny well drained position. Deciduous.

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aka Grape Table

A high quality Table Grape with reddish-black fruit with an attractive bloom. The flesh is green, tender, sweet, juicy with a hint of spice. Regular generous cropper that shows good disease resistance. Ripe around Feb-March. Plant in a sunny well drained position. Deciduous.

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aka Aka Canadice. Grape Table

A delicious grape with a thin dark red skin. The grapes are seedless have a lovely delicate flavour. Crops well with medium sized bunches that are ripe in summer. The vine shows good disease resistance. Plant in a sunny well drained position and only prune in winter after leaf fall. Deciduous.

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aka Grape Table

A European seedless table grape that has round red fruit with a crisp, firm texture and an excellent sweet flavour. The vine is heavy bearing and the grapes ripen quite early - around about February/March. Happiest in a sunny, sheltered spot in nice free draining loam. Deciduous.