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aka Mulberry

Dark red/black fruit, similar to boysenberry but about 15mm long. Fruit from 2 years on year old wood. Fast growing deciduous tree with large oval serrated leaves. Flowers in spring, Harvest in summer. Easy to grow in a sunny position. Self fertile. Deciduous.

Flowers appear early spring. Small yellow/green pendulous catkins separate male and female. The male is more slender than the female. Both appear on the one tree. Self fertile and wind pollination. More than one tree will increase fruit set. Harvest - spread a cloth beneath the tree and let fruit drop onto it. Harvest over 3 months, daily collection is best.

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aka Black Mulberry

Black Mulberry has sweet, intense, blackish red fruit approx 2cm long which mature in late spring/early summer. Quite juicy. Good flavour. Warning the birds love them! Lovely heart shaped, glossy green leaves dress the well shaped ornamental tree. Quite easy to grow in a sunny position. Deciduous.

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aka Mulberry

A beautiful ornamental fruit tree with medium sized purple/plum coloured sweet mulberries. Easy to grow. Deciduous.

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aka AKA Red Shahtoot

Mulberry. A dwarf cultivar with 10cm long sweet red fruit that have a flavour likened to strawberries. The gorgeous, glossy green heart shaped leaves make this fruit tree highly ornamental and desirable. Easy to grow. Deciduous.

The 'Shahtoot' Mulberry is somewhat unusual in that the fruits are quite long and narrow compared to the more traditional rounded shape. Still delicious no matter what the shape is.

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Quick growing round headed small tree with large, deeply lobed, evergreen leaves. Bright yellow, delicious fruit about the size of a small apple are produced, usually within 2 years. Harvest in late winter, early spring when fruit is yellow and softened.

Recommended to plant 2 or more for a successful cross pollination. Male and Female flowers on 1 plant but might not be present simultaneously.

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aka Chilean Guava Syn Ugni Molinae

AKA as Chilean Guava or NZ Cranberry. A reliable little shrub with tight small leaves in an attractive bronze green shade. Little white flowers in spring are followed by fragrant edible berries. Easy to grow, clips well so can be used for topiary or hedging. Evergreen.

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aka Dble Graft Asian Pear

Double Graft Nashi Pear. Kosui - Golden brown fruit with russeted skin and crisp juicy flesh superb for eating. Hosui - Round fruit with golden russeted skin. Intensely flavoured juicy flesh. These Pears are ripe around March when the fruit should come away easily from the tree with a light twist.

Double grafted to allow pollination within the same tree. Suitable to be grown throughout NZ. Flowers are susceptible to late frosts. Pear and Nashi Information Page

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aka Asian Pear

Nashi - Beautiful Asian pear with bronzed round fruit with a mild flavour. The creamy flesh is low acid and therefore very sweet. Self-pollinates but will do better with a companion such as Kosui. Ripens around March. Nashi is the Japanese word for Pear. Deciduous.

Suitable to be grown throughout NZ. Flowers are susceptible to late frosts. Pear and Nashi Information Page

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aka Asian Pear

Nashi. This Asian Pear has medium sized slightly flattened fruit of high quality. Tender sweet flesh that is crisp and juicy. A strong hardy disease resistant cultivar. Ripe around March. Suitable to be grown throughout NZ. Flowers are susceptible to late frosts. Deciduous.

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aka Asian Pear

Whilst most Asian pears, or Nashi, have a golden-russet skin, this is the only widely-grown cultivar with a yellow-green skin. Slightly sweeter and juicier than the others, but less aromatic. Mid-season.Suitable to be grown throughout NZ. Flowers are susceptible to late frosts.

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