Persimmons Picking Now
We have heaps of juicy persimmons
We have heaps of juicy persimmons
We have heaps of blueberries and raspberries ready for picking
Apples are long-since finished picking
Citrus australasica, the Australian finger lime or caviar lime, is a thorny understorey shrub or small tree of lowland subtropical rainforest and rainforest in the coastal border region of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It has edible fruits which are under development as a commercial crop. According to the Swingle system it is not
Ficus carica is an Asian species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, known as the common fig. It is the source of the fruit also called the fig and as such is an important crop in those areas where it is grown commercially. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been sought
The raspberry is the edible fruit of a multitude of plant species in the genus Rubus of the rose family. Most of which are in the subgenus Idaeobatus; the name also applies to these plants themselves. Raspberries are perennial with woody stems.
Blueberries are perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. Vaccinium also includes cranberries, bilberries, huckleberries and Madeira blueberries. Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush)—are all native to North America. The highbush varieties were introduced into Europe during the 1930s. Blueberries are usually
The quince (/ˈkwɪns/; Cydonia oblonga) is the sole member of the genus Cydonia in the family Rosaceae (which also contains apples and pears, among other fruits). It is a tree fruit that bears a deciduous pome fruit, similar in appearance to a pear, and is bright golden-yellow when mature. The raw fruit is a source
Japanese Blood Plum. A small and attractive fruiting deciduous tree, leaves are green and flowers before the onset of fruit, are pink and white and fragrant. It is rich, juicy and dark red from skin to stone and is sweet and flavoursome.
Greengage fruit are identified by their round-oval shape and smooth-textured, pale green flesh; they are on average smaller than round plums but larger than mirabelle plums (usually between 2 and 4 cm diameter). The skin ranges in colour from green to yellowish, with a pale blue “blush” in some cultivars; a few Reine Claudes, such as ‘Graf Althanns’, are reddish-purple due to crossbreeding with other plums.
(OP) Lady Williams is an attractive red flushed apple, with a good balanced sweet/sharp flavor. Its main characteristics are its very late ripening period and exceptional keeping qualities. It was discovered in Western Austrialia in the 1930s and is very well suited to growing in warm climates. Lady Williams ripens extremely late – Kevin Hauser,
Kalei (pronounced “kay-lee”) is a new apple variety developed by the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and released in February 2013. The word is Hawaiian for “lovable”. It is already available in Australia, and trials are taking place in Europe and the USA.