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aka Almond

Nut. I guess the name says it all - a self fertile Almond that is highly recommended for home orchards. Produces heavy crops of soft-shell nuts with a sweet flavour. Suitable for Northern districts as requires less winter chill than other varieties. Plant in a sheltered position. Deciduous.

Almonds blossom in late winter around about August and for this reason it is good to plant them in a sheltered position where the blossom won't get damaged by strong winds or heavy frost. This variety will grow in warmer climates.

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aka Dwarf Almond

Nut. A highly ornamental yet productive dwarf form of the edible almond. Beautiful soft pink spring blossoms followed by medium sized sweet nuts enclosed in soft, well-sealed, fuzzy shells. Self fertile form but would probably do better with a partner. Plant in a sunny sheltered spot. Deciduous.

'Garden Prince' is suitable for container growing. This variety is well suited for dryer northern areas of the country as well as all other regions of NZ.

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aka Almond

Nut. For those of you who want to 'grow' a little nuts this Almond is an excellent choice. Regular and reliable bearer of strongly flavored nuts. Good disease resistance and self fertile, a good pollinator for most other varieties. Happiest in a sunny position away from harsh winds. Deciduous.

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aka Sour Cherry

Sour Cherry. A naturally dwarf, fruiting Cherry tree that produces bright red, sharp tasting fruit in summer. The fruit are ideal for culinary purposes especially Cherry Pie! Plant in a sunny well drained spot for best results. Can be container grown. Self fertile. Deciduous.

Cherry Information Page NB Your Griotella Cherry will take approximately 2 years to start cropping with maximum production beginning 5 years after planting.

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aka Sweet Cherry

Sweet Cherry. This heritage variety of Cherry is one of the largest and juciest with firm dark red fruit that are sweet and delicious. Good resistance to skin splitting and a reliable producer. Fruits in warmer areas of New Zealand, ripening Mid-late season (January). Self fertile. Deciduous.

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Citrus. NZ's most popular lemon and deservedly so. Very juicy and a really good cropper. Once established the tree will seldom be without a lemon. More tolerant of cold than many other lemons. Can you feel a Gin and Tonic coming on? Happiest in a sunny well drained position. Evergreen.

All Citrus love being fed and watered regularly, especially if container grown. They respond quickly to a little pampering and will reward you for your efforts. When harvesting the fruit cut rather than pull off the tree. Citrus Information Pages

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aka Lemon

Citrus. 'Villa Franca' originates from Europe and produces large, sharp tasting, juicy lemons. A good choice for those who like a real zingy lemon flavour. Mostly thornless. This is an unusual and interesting form with variegated foliage and fruit. Evergreen.

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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

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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aka aka Sanguine

A stunning peach with a dark wine coloured outer and inner. The rich, juicy, textured flesh is absolutely delicious. One of my favourites. If there are any left over after raiding the tree (which I doubt) they also bottle well. Low chill requirement so is suitable for most areas in NZ. Deciduous.

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aka aka Dble Sanguine/April White

Peach double. Blackboy aka Sanguine is a stunning peach with a dark wine coloured skin and flesh - juicy and delicious! April White has a large firm fruit with juicy white flesh blushed with pink. The tree crops towards April and has a high resistance to leaf curl. Deciduous

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Double Graft Peacherine/Peach. Peacharine is actually a Peach/Nectarine cross with the advantage of being 'fuzzless' and bringing you the best of both delicious fruits. Sweet and juicy yellow flesh - Peach Springcrest, A reliable variety that produces large almost 'fuzzless' fruit, sweet and juicy.

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aka Double Graft Nectarine/Peach

Double Graft Peach/Nectarine. Peach Red Haven - Firm, yellow fleshed medium to large size fruit with an excellent flavour. Freestone. Nectarine Snow Queen- Pale skin flushed red and delicious creamy white firm flesh. Early maturing, large freestone fruit. Deciduous.

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This peach was selected and developed by Hort. Research and has large golden, cling-stone peaches that are similar to 'Golden Queen' but ripen a lot earlier, around January. The perfect peach for preserving if you have the time or just as good eaten straight off the tree. PVR. Deciduous.

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NZ's favourite peach. As the name suggests this is the Queen of peaches with firm, tasty, golden yellow flesh. Great for bottling or eating straight from the tree. Crops well, ripens in late February/March. Cling-stone. Low chill requirement so is suitable for most areas in NZ.

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Yummy cling-stone peach with golden skin blushed with scarlet. The flesh is golden, juicy and delicious. Matures March to April. Popular as this cultivar has good resistance to leaf curl. Self fertile. Deciduous.

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aka Heritage Peach

'Paragon' is a proven commercial and home garden variety that produces regular and reliable crops of extremely juicy Peaches that are ripe around February. The skin is deep yellow mottled with red when ripe and the yellow flesh is very sweet. Plant in a sunny well drained spot. Cling-stone.

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An enduring favourite amongst horticulturists and home gardeners as it is such a "good doer". Firm, yellow fleshed medium to large size fruit with an excellent flavour. Bottles well. Shows high resistance to leaf curl. Freestone. Low chill requirement so is suitable for most areas in NZ. Deciduous.

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As you would expect from the name this Peach has bright red skin. The surprise is that the low acid flesh is white. Though low acid there is no compromise with flavour and this is one peach that tastes good even when firm. Usually ripe around February. Plant in a sunny well drained spot. Deciduous.

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Selected by NZ Horticultural Research this white fleshed peach is a prolific 'cropper' with good sized round, red blushed fruit. Sweet and juicy with very low acid. Clingstone. Deciduous. AKA Hortsummerwhite. PVR.

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Sweet Perfection is a new yellow-fleshed peach variety with good flavour and colour, and, best of all, resistance to Peach Leaf Curl. Can be grown with minimal spraying, may be suitable for organic growing. Non-furry, creamy pink skin, usually with a red blushed area. Deciduous

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aka Heritage Peach

Heritage Peach. Very large fruit with sweet and juicy, white, free-stone flesh. Ready to eat from December. Good cropper and shows resistance to disease. Plant in a sunny well drained spot. Low chill requirement so is suitable for most areas in NZ. Deciduous.

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This Peach originates from Korea and has very large fruit with skin that is burnished red over cream. The white flesh is crisp and crunchy with a sweet flavour with just a hint of acid. Shows good disease resistance. Freestone. Ripens quite late towards March. Deciduous.

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A European pear AKA Kaiser. Quality large fruit that is just melt in your mouth delicious. Attractive warm cinnamon brown skin and a long tapered neck with flesh that is sweet and juicy. Matures late summer. Stores well. Grafted on to Quince for size control. Deciduous.

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NZ's most popular pear. Crops very well with delicious juicy fruit that are quite long and narrow in shape. The flesh is rich and aromatic with a slight pink tinge when ripe. Attractive, smooth khaki-green skin. Ripe around March. Self fertile, improve with pollinator. RHS AGM. Deciduous.

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aka Double Graft Pear

Double Graft Pear. Doyenne du Comice- Top quality dessert pear. Green skin with white melting flesh that carrys a hint of cinnamon. Ready about late February. Beurre Bosc - Large long fruit with bronze-green skin and soft highly flavoured flesh that melts in your mouth. Ripe around February.

Pear and Nashi Information Page Double grafted to allow pollination within the same tree.

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aka Double Graft Pear

Double graft pear. Doyenne du Comice- Top quality dessert pear. Green skin with white melting flesh that carrys a hint of cinnamon. Ready about late February. Winter Nelis- Green skin, rich buttery flavour. Good keeper. Matures around the end of March. Deciduous.

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A delicious gourmet pear regarded by many as the pear with the finest flavour. Green skin blushed pink and white, melting, sweet, juicy flesh. A vigorous grower that will do best in a sunny sheltered position. Doyenne du Comice has been awarded an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. Deciduous.

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aka Dwarf Pear

Dwarf. This delicious Pear has green skin with soft russeting and sweet, smooth textured flesh. Ripe around February. Only grows to 3m which is considered dwarf for a pear so ideal small gardens. Plant in the sunny spot. Deciduous.

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aka Heritage Pear

Heritage. Packhams triumph is a large irregular shaped pear with greenish-yellow skin. It has finely textured, white, sweet tasting flesh and is an excellent dessert and bottling pear. Ripens around March/April. Delicious and Deciduous

Pear and Nashi Information Page This pear was raised in 1896 by Mr Packham of Moolong, New South Wales and we've been growing and eating it ever since.

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Small things do come in small parcels. Bite into this chubby little gourmet pear and you will have a flavour explosion of honey-sweet, very juicy flesh. Red-brown skin with prominent white dots. Upright tree. Deciduous.

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aka Pear

Small things do come in small parcels. Bite into this chubby little gourmet pear and you will have a flavour explosion of honey-sweet, very juicy flesh. Red-brown skin with prominent white dots. Grafted on to Quince rootstock to keep compact. Deciduous.

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Taylor's Gold pears have large and full at the base with no neck and a thick stem. Smooth, uniform, cinnamon-coloured skin that may take on the occasional rose blush. A delicate aroma and creamy flesh that is juicy and very tender, Taylor’s Gold pears offer a rich, sweet flavour. Deciduous.

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A sweet and delicious pear which is popular for desserts and bottling. The pale green skin is soft yellow when fully ripe. Ready to eat from late January to February. This pear has an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Deciduous.

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A nice fat round pear with russeted skin. The flesh is creamy white, juicy and with a good rich flavour. Ripens towards autumn and stores extremely well. Can be preserved or used for juice. Happiest in a sunny sheltered spot however quite hardy and easy to grow. Deciduous.

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A very good late season pear that is an excellent keeper. Green skin with reddish russet patches. Fruit is small, the flesh buttery with a rich flavour. Prolific cropper. Deciduous.

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aka Hybrid Christmas Plum

A small meaty plum with dark red skin and flesh that crops heavily around Christmas time. When cooked it has no bitterness and retains its bright red colour. Resistant to diseases. Partially self-fertile Improve with Black Doris. Deciduous.

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aka European Plum

This European Plum ripens quite late in the season, towards March. It is worth the wait as the large rich, juicy, golden fruit have a delicious flavour. Likes the best sunny position to do really well. Pollinate with Greengage or Reine Claude de Bavay. Suitable for warmer climates. Deciduous.

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aka Japanese Plum

A delicious large plum with heart shaped fruit that is coloured a deep purple-red both inside and out. The free-stone fruit ripens about February. Surplus fruit will freeze or bottle well. Pollinate with Santa Rosa or Sultan. Protect from late spring frosts. Deciduous.

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aka Japanese Plum

A relatively new introduction that is well worth planting. Bright red skin on the outside and deliciously sweet golden flesh on the inside. The fruit are large, of a high quality and produced in abundance. Deciduous.

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aka European Plum

A versatile little plum with greenish yellow fruit that tastes like pure nectar. Excellent straight off the tree but also good for jam and desserts. Self fertile but will perform well with a companion such as Coe's Golden Drop. Happiest in colder areas as it is a European. Deciduous.

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aka Japanese Plum

Originated from a chance seedling found on the roadside near, you guessed it, Hawera. Large dark red fruit with very firm dark red flesh. Yum Yum. One of the best deep red plums. Heavy cropper, freestone, ripens January. Self fertile. Deciduous.

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aka European plum

A top NZ Plum that produces bumper crops of distinctive oval fruit that have a yellow skin blushed red. The firm flesh is also yellow and divinely sweet and juicy. Good disease resistance. Considered to be self fertile or plant with a Billington for company. Deciduous.

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aka European Plum

This European Greengage plum is widely grown in France but is actually a heritage plum from Belgium dating back to 1832. The attractive green fruit is full of flavour and highly aromatic. Heavy and reliable crops. Culinary plum par excellence. Self fertile. Plant in a sunny spot. Deciduous.

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aka Quince

Quince. This popular selection is from Turkey and fruits at a young age. Very large, pear shaped, golden yellow aromatic fruits with mild and tender flesh of excellent quality. Harvest March, April may. Moderate sized tree with unusually large leaves. Deciduous.

The fruit keeps very well and can be used for cider, jams and preserves. Quince have a slightly different habit from other orchard trees in that the fruit blossom is borne on the current seasons growth therefore it is best to only lightly prune. Just take out any spindly branches in order to keep the tree open. Suitable for most NZ climates.

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aka Quince

Quince. A reliable 'cropper' that produces large, yellow, attractive fruit that are ripe in autumn. Excellent for adding fragrance and picquance to preserves and sauces. Hardy and easy to grow in a sunny spot. Self fertile. Usually crops approximately 4 years after planting. Deciduous.

Suitable for most NZ climates.