Page 32 FRUIT TREES (pip & stone) open ground grown ltd = Limited numbers available Commercial & Garden Centre prices 2013 OG = Open Ground 2nds Super grade Trees Standard Grade Trees Bagging charge s/o = Sold out & each each OG (per variety) PB 18 PB 28 smalls OG Bagged 5+ 3+ each each each Apples 9.50 16.50 19.00 12.75 13.75 15.25 2.50 3.00 Apricots 9.50 16.50 19.00 12.75 13.75 15.25 2.50 3.00 Peaches 9.50 16.50 19.00 12.75 13.75 15.25 2.50 3.00 Nectarines 9.50 16.50 19.00 12.75 13.75 15.25 2.50 3.00 Plums 9.50 16.50 19.00 12.75 13.75 15.25 2.50 3.00 Pears 10.50 18.50 21.00 14.75 15.75 17.25 2.50 3.00 Apples Braeburn April Red striped, firm crisp eating & cooking - good keeper Fuji April Large red eating apple, low acid sweetness Gala March Red skin sweet firm crisp yellow flesh excellent eating. Golden Delicious March - April Medium size, juicy sweet, tree ripen eat or cook Granny Smith April - May Green crisp & firm - eating, cooking - good keeper Oratia Beauty January Gravenstein, tangy flavour, eat ripe from tree or cooking. Priscilla February - March Medium size, yellow with red blush. Crisp & juicy holds well on tree Red Delicious March Crisp sweet flesh, eating or cooking. Royal Gala February - March Red striped - crisp & juicy flesh - good keeper. Splendour April Pinky red skin, crunchy white flesh, good flavour Apricots Fitzroy Feb self fertile Sweet & tasty. med size fruit, consistant & heavy reliable cropper Royal Rosa Nov-Dec self fertile Good flavour, med orange fruit with red blush, heavy cropper Sundrop Dec Needs Travatt for pollination. Large fruit, freestone, preserving & fresh. Travatt Jan Self fertile but improves with cross pollination. Sweet flavour, bottling, drying & eating. Nectarine Early Red 11 Dec clingstone Med-Lge yellow flesh. Juicy & sweet with brick red skin Firebrite Early semi freestone Mediun - large yellow flesh, excellent flavour Goldmine Feb freestone Sweet white flesh, red skin over green. Old favourite Mayglo late Nov clingstone White flesh fruits well in our area. Red Free Snow King Jan clingstone White flesh fruits well in our area. Snow Queen Dec freestone Red skin over white aromatic flesh. Sweet flavour Spring Red Early Jan semi cling Juicy yellow flesh, with sweet flavour. Red Skin Sunglo Jan-Feb Yellow flesh -Red over gold skin Large fruit excellent eating or bottling. Peaches Aurora late golden queen Mch clingstone Yellow flesh Blackboy Mch freestone Velvet wine red skin, red/cream flesh. Fresh & preserving Fayette Feb freestone Yellow flesh Flamecrest Jan freestone Large yellow fleshed, excellent flavour. Freestone Queen Mch freestone Yellow flesh Glohaven late Jan freestone Yellow flesh and skin, sweet peach, heavy cropper. Golden Queen Mch clingstone Golden skin & flesh excellent flavour - good eating or bottling Improved Flavourcrest Jan semi clingstone Yellow fleshed, excellent flavour. Paragon Feb clingstone Yellow flesh Peacherine late Jan clingstone Peach/Nectarine cross. Firm orange-yellow flesh, sweet & crisp Red Haven Jan semi clingstone Firm yellow smooth flesh - Excellent for preserving or fresh. Springcrest Dec clingstone Yellow flesh firm, good flavour, medium to large fruit Wiggins Jan semi clingstone White fleshed peach. Old favourite.
Page 33 Plums Ripens Flesh Pollinators Billington Late Dec RED Black Doris, Wilson Early, George Wilson. Desert or Jam Black Amber Early Jan Amber Santa Rosa, Satsuma. Large dark red skin, excellent eating. Black Doris Feb RED Billington, Early Jewel. Elephant Heart, Sultan, George Wilson Burbank late Jan Yellow Early Jewel, George Wilson, Sultan, Santa Rosa Early Jewel Dec Yellow Self fertile - assisted by Red Doris & Santa Rosa Elephant Heart Feb Yellow Burbank, George Wilson, Sultan, Santa Rosa Fortune Feb RED Billington, Santa Rosa George Wilson (Omega) Feb RED Early Jewel, Billington, Sultan, Elephant Heart, Santa Rosa Hawera Jan RED Self fert'.assisted by Santa Rosa.Large dark red sweet firm & juicy Huge crops. Purple King Jan Yellow Early Jewel, Red Doris, Sultan, Billington. Large tasty plum Red Beaut Dec RED Billington, Early Jewel, Santa Rosa. Good cropper, excellent flavour, firm. Red Doris Feb Yellow Early Jewel, Santa Rosa. Medium size red skined fruit Santa Rosa Jan Yellow Self fertile - assisted by Early Jewel, Satsuma, George Wilson Satsuma Late Jan RED Partially self, improves with Santa Rosa Sultan Late Jan RED Early Jewel,Red Doris, George Wilson, Burbank, E Heart, S Rosa Wilson Early Dec Yellow Partially self, improves with Billington, B Doris, G Wilson, S Rosa Pears Beurre Bosc Mid Feb-Mch Sweet desert pear superb quality, large fruit russet skin Pollinators Bon Cretien, Winter Nelis, Conference Conference Mid Feb-Mch Lge fruit, fine grained Pollinators Partially self, improves with Beurre Bosc or Bon Chretien Doynne du Comice Mid-late Feb-Mch Very sweet & Juicy, one of the best of pears. Pale green/yellow skin s/o Louis bon Jersey Early Jan-Feb large, ffuit, red bronze over green skin, desert quality Pollinators Partially self, improves with Bon Chretien or Conference Packhams Triumph Mid Feb-Mch Large white sweet crisp, excellent for desert or bottling Pollinators Beurre Bosc, Bon Cretien, Conference Starks Crimson Early Feb Skin bright red, flavour sweet & bland, short storage life Pollinators Winter Nelis & Bon Cretien Taylors Gold Mid-late Mch Russetted Comice pear with sensational flavour (plus 2.00 Royalty) William bon Chretien Early Feb Green skin turn creamy as ripens, flavour improves with bottling. (Bartlett Pear) Pollinators Winter Nelis, Starks Crimson, Beurre Bosc, Comice, Conference Winter Cole Late Mch - Apr Good eating pear. Good keeper., Packhams. Winter Nelis Late Partial russet, Fine texture, musky aromatic flavour, good storer Pollinators Beurre Bosc, Bon Cretien, Comice, Conference, Starks Crimson Worden Seckle Mid Feb - Mch Small fruit, heavy cropper, very sweet Pollinators Conference, Packhams Triumph, refer page 34 Heritage and Multi-grafted Fruit Trees Heritage Apples English Plums Double & Triple grafted varieties - Pears, Plums, Apricots, Nectarines & Peaches Nashi Pears Quince
Seasonal Order FRUIT TREES (pip & stone) open ground grown Apples Gravenstein January Tangy flavour, eat ripe from tree or cooking. Oratia Beauty January Gravenstein, tangy flavour, eat ripe from tree or cooking. Priscilla February - March Medium size, yellow with red blush. Crisp & juicy holds well on tree Royal Gala February - March Red striped - crisp & juicy flesh - good keeper. Gala March Red skin sweet firm crisp yellow flesh excellent eating. Golden Delicious March - April Medium size, juicy sweet, tree ripen eat or cook Red Delicious March Crisp sweet flesh, eating or cooking. Braeburn April Red striped, firm crisp eating & cooking - good keeper Fuji April Large red eating apple, low acid sweetness Splendour April Pinky red skin, crunchy white flesh, good flavour Granny Smith April - May Green crisp & firm - eating, cooking - good keeper Apricots Royal Rosa Nov-Dec self fertile Good flavour, med orange fruit with red blush, heavy reliable cropper Sundrop Dec Needs Travatt for pollination. Large fruit, freestone, preserving & fresh. Travatt Jan Self fertile but improves with cross pollination. Sweet flavour, bottling, drying & eating. Fitzroy Feb self fertile Sweet & tasty. med size fruit, consistant & heavy reliable cropper Nectarine Mayglo late Nov clingstone White flesh fruits well in our area. Snow Queen Dec freestone Red skin over white aromatic flesh. Sweet flavour na Crimson Baby Dec clingstone Large yellow fleshed. Early Red 11 Dec clingstone Med-Lge yellow flesh. Juicy & sweet with brick red skin Firebrite Early semi freestone Mediun - large yellow flesh, excellent flavour Spring Red Early Jan semi cling Juicy yellow flesh, with sweet flavour. Red Skin Snow King Jan clingstone White flesh fruits well in our area. Red Free Jan semi clingstoneshiny bright red, large with yellow flesh Sunglo Jan-Feb Yellow flesh -Red over gold skin Large fruit excellent eating or bottling. na Red Gold Feb freestone Large juicy yellow flesh, medium cropper, fresh & bottling Goldmine Feb freestone Sweet white flesh, red skin over green. Old favourite na Fantasia Mch freestone very sweet & juicy yellow flesh, fresh or preserved. Peaches Springold Late Nov clingstone Medium size sweet & Juicy yellow flesh Springcrest Dec clingstone Yellow flesh firm, good flavour, medium to large fruit Springlady Late Dec clingstone Medium size sweet & Juicy yellow flesh Red Haven Jan semi clingstone Firm yellow smooth flesh - Excellent for preserving or fresh. Wiggins Jan semi clingstone White fleshed peach. Old favourite. Flamecrest Jan freestone Large yellow fleshed, excellent flavour. Glohaven late Jan freestone Yellow flesh and skin, sweet peach, heavy cropper. Peacherine late Jan clingstone Peach/Nectarine cross. Firm orange-yellow flesh, sweet & crisp Fayette Feb freestone Yellow flesh Paragon Feb clingstone Yellow flesh Peachcot Mch peach x apricotgolden yellow skin, firm, sweet & tasty flesh. Heavy cropper Freestone Queen Mch freestone Yellow flesh Golden Queen Mch clingstone Golden skin & flesh excellent flavour - good eating or bottling Aurora late golden queen Mch clingstone Yellow flesh Blackboy Mch freestone Velvet wine red skin, red/cream flesh. Fresh & preserving
Seasonal Order Plums Flesh Pollinators & Description Wilson Early Dec Yellow Partially self, improves with Billington, B Doris, G Wilson, S Rosa Early Jewel Dec Yellow Self fertile - assisted by Red Doris & Santa Rosa Red Beaut Dec RED Billington, Early Jewel, Santa Rosa. Good cropper, excellent flavour, firm. Billington Late Dec RED Black Doris, Wilson Early, George Wilson. Desert or Jam Black Amber Early Jan Amber Santa Rosa, Satsuma. Large dark red skin, excellent eating. Hawera Jan RED Self fert'.assisted by Santa Rosa.Large dark red sweet firm & juicy Huge crops. Santa Rosa Jan Yellow Self fertile - assisted by Early Jewel, Satsuma, George Wilson na Queen Rosa Jan Yellow Santa Rosa, George Wilson, Early Jewel. Large red skined fruit Purple King Jan Yellow Early Jewel, Red Doris, Sultan, Billington. Large tasty plum Satsuma Late Jan RED Partially self, improves with Santa Rosa Sultan Late Jan RED Early Jewel,Red Doris, George Wilson, Burbank, E Heart, S Rosa Burbank late Jan Yellow Early Jewel, George Wilson, Sultan, Santa Rosa Elephant Heart Feb Yellow Burbank, George Wilson, Sultan, Santa Rosa Fortune Feb RED Billington, Santa Rosa George Wilson (Omega) Feb RED Early Jewel, Billington, Sultan, Elephant Heart, Santa Rosa na Kereru Gold Feb Yellow Self fertile. Medium size, excellent for jam halves beautifully. Huge crops. Red Doris Feb Yellow Early Jewel, Santa Rosa. Medium size red skined fruit Black Doris Feb-Mch RED Billington, Early Jewel. Elephant Heart, Sultan, George Wilson Plumcot Mid Yellow Distinct apricot flavour med size, choice dessert, pollinators Pears Louis bon Jersey Early Jan-Feb large, ffuit, red bronze over green skin, desert quality Pollinators Partially self, improves with Bon Chretien or Conference William bon Chretien Early Feb Green skin turn creamy as ripens, flavour improves with bottling. (Bartlett Pear) Pollinators Winter Nelis, Starks Crimson, Beurre Bosc, Comice, Conference Starks Crimson Early Feb Skin bright red, flavour sweet & bland, short storage life Pollinators Winter Nelis & Bon Cretien Beurre Bosc Mid Feb-Mch Sweet desert pear superb quality, large fruit russet skin Pollinators Bon Cretien, Winter Nelis, Conference Conference Dwarf Mid Feb-Mch Lge fruit, fine grained Pollinators Partially self, improves with Beurre Bosc or Bon Chretien Packhams Triumph Mid Feb-Mch Large white sweet crisp, excellent for desert or bottling Pollinators Beurre Bosc, Bon Cretien, Conference Worden Seckle Mid Feb - Mch Small fruit, heavy cropper, very sweet Pollinators Conference, Packhams Triumph, Doynne du Comice Mid-late Feb-Mch Very sweet & Juicy, one of the best of pears. Pale green/yellow skin Taylors Gold Mid-late Mch Russetted Comice pear with sensational flavour Winter Cole Late Mch - Apr Good eating pear. Good keeper., Packhams. Winter Nelis Late Mch - Apr Partial russet, Fine texture, musky aromatic flavour, good storer Pollinators Beurre Bosc, Bon Cretien, Comice, Conference, Starks Crimson