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2011 Fruit Tree ListOPEN ORCHARD PROJECT These bare rooted trees are for sale for the Southland area only. (Must be picked up from Riverton). Pick up week in August to be advised. $25.00 each or 4 for $90. Maximum 8 initially to share the varieties around please give us 10 choices as some are in limited numbers. 1st August a second round of orders will be opened with the list of those still available indicate on your order if you would like more at that point . The unordered will be available on a first in first served basis at pick up. Please use 2012 order form Most of these will be available in 2012 but not all. Please order as soon as you know what you want which enables us get quantities that are needed of each. K = All these are known to be fruiting well in Southland. Trees are between 70-120cm tall. APPLES Adams Pearmain K not 2012 1826 Herefordshire A popular Edwardian and Victorian eating apple. Fruits are juicy and a little sweet, with a pleasant aromatic flavour. Ready early April. Akane K 1937 Japan Worcester Pearmain x Jonathan early-mid Dessert and drying. Small red, juicy, crisp- medium vigour , good cropper. Hangs on tree when ripe so can pick over time. Allen's Everlasting K UK 1864 firm Juicy flesh, small compact apple ready mid April (sold out) Alexander K Russia 1700’s March.. green with red stripes Ready may/June ex for sauce, but doesn’t keep Alfriston K Raised in the late 1700s by Mr Shepherd at Uckfield, Sussex and named Shepherd's Pippin. Re-named Alfriston in 1819. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1920. Fruits are soft, coarse-textured, not very juicy and acid. Cooks well. Pick early April , keeps 5-6 months Belle de Boskoop . AKA Gold Reinette K Netherlands 1856 by K Ottolander (triploid) Mid season?. Large size, irregular, gold-red skin covered in russet, yellow flesh. Firm, juicy, acidic and aromatic flavour. High in vitamin C. Excellent for desert, stewing and baking and cider. Stores very well 3-4 Months and gets sweet enough to eat raw when stored. Benomi K Early season, small gold with orange blush and red stripe. Yellow flesh, fine, tender, juicy, aromic refreshing . Dessert and juice. Massachusetts USA 1832 Mr E M Richards Black Prince K Mid-late season. Large size with dark flesh. Dessert or cooking apple. Blenheim Orange K 1740 by Mr. Kempster - (originally called Kemsters Pippin) at Woodstock near Blenheim, Oxford shire England. Mid/Late May/June . Dessert , large flat round, yellow with red stripes (triploid) Keeps 3-4 Months. Bramley's Seedling K Origin: Nottinghamshire England, 1809 from a seedling in Betsy Braislfords garden later owned by Mr Bramley a local butcher! (triploid) Late- Very late season. Large size, green-yellow with red stripes, irregular shape. Most popular cooker in UK. Excellent for baking cooks to a golden puree ,excellent for pies, also cider and juicing. Vigorous tree with good disease resistance High in vitamin C. Keeps well and sweetens on storage, crops heavily every second year. Brownlees Russet K William Brownlees Hempstead, Hertfordshire UK 1848 late…May self fertile. Medium size, slight Brown/red flush and brown russet. Juicy Crisp and sweet. Good crops but not regular. Tolerated cooler, wetter climates. Calville Blanc Hiver K Mid season. A very old European French or German (pre 1600) variety. The medium large 'Lumpy' fruit are pale green with light red dots on the side that is exposed to the sun. It is aromatic, sweet, spicy, of the highest dessert quality in the European style. The yellowish-white flesh is tender and juicy, highly aromatic with a flavor sometimes described as "effervescent." . Highly aromatic with a flavor sometimes described as "effervescent." Ripens in April. Charles Ross (Peasgood crossed with Cox Orange). Like a large Cox Orange Raised by Charles Ross at Welford Park Gardens, Newbury, Berkshire. 1890 Fruits are rather coarse-textured, juicy and sweet with a moderate flavour. Good all round apple for eating cooking, juice or cider. Keeps shape when cooked. Ready March. Not a keeper use or process fresh. (sold out) Claygate PearmainK 1823 John Braddick Esq. found tree growing in hedge in Claygate, Surrey Green with red blush and russetting. Late eating, sweet and aromatic almost tastes like pinapple- fresh eating Cornish Aromatic K Originally found growing in Cornwall. It was brought to notice in 1813 but thought to be many centuries old. Fruits have firm, rather dry flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour. Knobby exterior with yellow perfumed flesh. Sweet, sharp, pear drop and spice flavour. Cornwall 1813. Dessert Apple ready mid April and keeps 4-5 months. Cowies triangle K Very attractive firm green cooking apple with a red splash by the stalk Cox Orange Pippin K 1825 Slough, Buckinghamshire by a Mr. Richard Cox .Medium size, gold-yellow skin, red blush, faint stripes with some russet. Tender, crisp, very juicy, sweet, slightly sub-acid and aromatic. Excellent dessert apple Good for juicing. Early – mid ( March/April) keeps 3 months. Described once as “the finest dessert apple in existence. Crimson Bramley K A more highly coloured sport of Bramley's Seedling. Originated in Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Catalogued in 1913. Fruits have firm, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with an acid flavour. Cooks well. Dayton Attractive large glossy red fruit. Nice eating. Mid season Illinois 1969. Devonshire Quarrenden K Thought to have arisen in Devon, but may have originally come from France. First recorded in 1678. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy with a distinctive aromatic flavour. Harvest mid February Dipton redburst K (Dipton heritage original) Attractive red and gold fruit- cooks to golden sweet pulp Discovery K Raised in about 1949 by Mr Drummer, a workman on an Essex fruit farm. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a fairly sweet and pleasant flavour. Early eating apple, a cross between Worchester Pearmain and Beauty of Bath. Ellisons Orange Raised by Rev. C.C. Ellison, Lincolnshire. First recorded in 1904. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a rich and strong aniseed flavour. Cox Orange cross ready mid March. Ergremont Russet K Origin: 1872 England. On the estate of Lord Ergemont, Sussex? (Diploid) Ripens early March. Medium size apples. Delicious taste, especially with cheese.Cream and green flesh. Healthy heavy cropping tree. Delightful old russet. Self fertile. Fairbelle or Belle Bonne Late March-April. Large size, rosy red. Excellent cooker and dessert apple. Cooks to a pulp. Very healthy disease resistant tree. Five Crown or London Pippin K Gloria Mundi K (Means ‘and so the glory of the world passes’) Germany 1840 ( or USA 1804?) ready April/ May Golden Delicious K USA 1890. Eating mid & late season so a good pollinator for others. Large golden sweet apples for cooking or eating- tastiest when left on the tree to ripen. Good strong tree with heavy crops Golden Hornet Crab Apple K Universal pollinator for all apple trees because it flowers early, mid and late. Prolific tiny yellow fruit. This is the real one! Golden Pippin (English) 1629 Arundel, England ( later described as the most excellent and most ancient apple there is). Fruits have firm , crisp flesh with a sweet subacid and rich flavour. Sweet with lemon tang) Gold with russet dots. For eating, jelly and cider. Ready April keeps 2-3 months. Golden Winter Pearmain Known in England from 1800 and later renamed as 'King of the pippins' Fruits are aromatic firm juicy sub acid flavour. Green with red blush ready early April. Gooseberry K Kent 1831 Large Green apple, lively flavour. Yellowy/green with dark flush and stripes. Excellent Cooker and keeps 6 months. Gravenstein Arrived Denmark 1669 possibly originally from Denmark. Vigorous tree. Early-mid season. (Triploid). (Feb/March) Large aromatic apple. Greenish Yellow with orange stripes Dessert or processing and excellent for juice. Fruits are crisp, juicy with a distinctive sweet yet acid flavour. Red Gravenstein....red sport of above USA 1908 Grenadier K 1862 Slough, UK. Fluffy cooker early season, heavy cropper, self fertile suits cooler wetter areas- poor keeper use or process fresh. Hetlina Origin: Czechoslovakia. Early-mid season. Medium size, red dessert apple, crisp and firm flesh. One of the top antioxidant rating varieties in the recent Hort Research work (http://www.treecrops.org.nz/resrch/apple/applecanc.html) Holts Chance Roadside cooker K (Otautau heritage original) Seedling used widely by Otautau residents Irish Peach K Prolific cropper 1870’s Sligo Ireland Early Dessert Jan/Feb Yellow flushed brownish red. . Juicy, crisp, delicious sweet-sharp flavour. eat from tree doesn’t store Jonagold K 1943 New York. A cross between Golden Delicious and Janothan. Fruits havr creamy wite, fine textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good rich flavour. Dark red flush with darker red stripes. Keeps 3-4 months. Not heritage but does well here. Jonathan K Originated on the farm of Philip Rick, Woodstock, Ulster County, New York, USA. It was first described in 1826 by Judge Buel who named the apple after Jonathan Hasbrouck. Fruits have soft, fine-textured, fairly juicy flesh with a sweet and fairly pleasant flavour. A dessert apple ready early April- keeps 2-3 months. Kentish Fill Basket K Origin: Kent England, 1820. Mid-late season. Large pale green apple with red streaks. Excellent for dessert or processing. Vigorous disease resistant tree. Keswick Codlin K Early Season cooks up soft and fluffy. Doesn’t keep long 2-3 weeks- good for processing. Lincolnshire 1793 in a Castle rubbish dump! Kidd’s Orange Red K Greytown NZ 1924 Cox Orange X Delicious mid/late April/May Crimson with dark stripes, juicy, crisp and sweet, strong flavour. Keeps well, reliable cropper but leave on tree when possible for best flavour. Good for cooler areas. Kingston Black K Kingston Somerset late 1800’s April - Small yellow with maroon flush. Excellent Cider apple-vigorous tree, keeps well fair cropper Lady Suddley K 1849 by a cottager Jacob Petworth Sussex originally called Jacobs Strawberry desert - Early –March Self fertile, medium striped red and pink. Juicy, firm, good cropper. Suited to cooler areas. Laxtons Fortune Parentage: Cox's Orange Pippin and Wealthy. Raised Bedford, 1904. Early/Mid season, Feb/March. Round medium size dessert apple with an attractive appearance. Pale yellowish-green flush with bright red stripes, creamy white flesh. Firm, sweet, juicy with a rich flavour. Small compact tree suitable for the small garden in cooler climates good resistance to blackspot. Crops well from an early age- but can be biennial? Softens when stored so eat fresh. Liberty K New York 1978 Macoun X Purdue April/May Bright red flush, juicy crisp, sharp-sweet flavour. Keeps well, vigorous tree, good cropper. Lord Suffield K 1831 by Thomas Thorpe a handloom weaver on Lord Suffields Estate, Middleton near Manchester. Early cooker with clear yellow skin. Lord Wolseley K Origin: England 1850 Mid season March/ April, large yellow flushed with red. Juicy crisp apple. Good cooker and stores well Merton Russet K England 1921 Sturmer crossed with Cox Orange. Ready April keeps 4-5 months. Yellow flushed with dull red and russeted. Firm flesh, crisp tender and sweet. Merton Worcester Parentage: Cox's Orange Pippin and Worcester Pearmain. Fairly early, ripens early February. Round medium size, yellow-green with a scarlet flush. Flesh creamy white, firm, sweet and aromatic. Vigorous tree with good regular cropping. Monties Surprise 2012 Origin: 90 year old seedling from Nth Island New Zealand. One of the top anti-oxidant rating varieties. Large- red streaks, dessert or cooking variety. Hardy and good disease resistance. Mid season. Munroes Favourite A.K.A. Dunn's Seedling* Said to have been raised by Mr Condor at Kew, Melbourne, Australia. First recorded in the UK in 1890. It was introduced by Mr Munroe. Fruits have crisp, hard flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour. Ready mid April Peasgood Non Such K Raised (reputedly) by Mrs. Peasgood who is said to have grown the tree in a pot from a seed of a ‘Catshead’, Lincolnshire, about 1858. Mid . ( April) Flattish round, very large apple. Golden yellow-greenish with bright crimson flush. Flesh yellowish, soft, very juicy, sub-acid and aromatic. Pulps up well when cooked. Growth vigorous makes a large spreading tree. Cropping good. Probably self fertile. Prima K Origin: USA, 1957. Mid season. Medium size, bright red blush with green stripe. Juicy, sweet and sub acid. Excellent quality and very healthy tree with exceptional disease resistance. Prince Albert K It was discovered by Thomas Squire of Berkhamsted in the 1840s, and named by him after Prince Albert. Good old English "cooker" - a juicy acidic flavour and it keeps very well. Good disease resistance and tolerating a wide range of situations. The Victorian author Hogg rated it as "a marvellous bearer, and rarely fails to produce a crop" - the apples bruise easily but this is unlikely to be an issue for the domestic user. Ready April keeps 2-3 months. Priscilla K Indianna 1972 red striped eating. Ralls Janet K French pre 1800 or USA? Late season Yellow/green with shades of red stripes with yellow flesh. med large, crisp juicy excellent keeper. Heavy and reliable cropper. Renette de Canada K 1771 Normandy France mid-late season, eating or cooking. Green with good flavour Good keeper. A favourite in the old Southland 19th Century Orchards. Ribston Pippin K (Triploid) Yorkshire 1688 Needs shelter or its fruit will drop early. Yellowy green with orange/red blush. Mid season highly esteemed for eating , sauce,and cooking. First tree lived for 220 years near Ribston Hall. Keeps well and flavour increases as it ages. Best pip to use if you want to grow a new tree from a seedling. Rhode Island Greening K Triploid. Rhode Island USA - 1650. Fruits have coarse, juicy flesh with a pleasant flavour. Pick April. keeps 5-6 months. Roke wood K Australian, ready April. Lovely crisp sweet red and green eating apple. Good reliable cropper. Healthy disease free. Rome Beauty From seedling growing on the banks of the Ohio river USA 1816 . Nice for Cooking or eating use fresh as won’t keep long. Bright red covering over yellow. Late dessert, soft, juicy, sweet but better cooked. Good reliable cropper. Ross Non Pareilk 1802 Meath Ireland Fruits have firm, rather dry flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour. Eating apple ready late March/ early April Scarlet Non PareilK Surrey 1816. Eating and cooking medium sized striped red apple ready May June. Spartan K 1926 Canada McIntosh X yellow Newton Pippin. Mid season keeps well red apple like delicious- crisp and juicy- leave on tree for best flavour- can keep but flavour declines. Good crops. Self fertile Sturmer Pippin Origin: By Nurseyman Mr Pillistone of Sturmer, Suffolk, England 1831. Late April/May season. Green blushed bronze skin. Excellent for cider and cooking. Keeps well into spring but softens. Very high vitamin C , Needs a dry well ventilated area or will develop black spot. Summer Stibbert K Originated in the West of England. Recorded in 1831. Fruits have firm, tender, creamy white flesh with a slightly subacid flavour. Ready early March. Sunset K 1918 Kent - disease resistant, heavy cropper mid season. Small –med Orange with red stripe. Similar to Cox Orange. as raised from a seed of one. Self fertile, prefers cool, dry climate. Surprise K 1905 April Late season, Large round conical lemon-yellow with brownish red flush. Flesh is juicy,tender,slightly yellowand sweet. Stores well. Tan Montgomery (K) * A.K.A. Early Julian Thought to have originated in Scotland. It was known before 1800. Fruits have crisp flesh with an acid flavour. Cooking and eating. Ready early March. Terry's Pearmain K (Riverton heritage original) Fruits are juicy and crisp. Long golden fruit with red blush and stripes on the top. Ready June and keeps 2-3 months. Tydeman's Late Orange K Kent (East Malling Research Station) 1930 Laxtons superb X Cox Orange Very late dessert apple, picking may. Keeps very well in natural storage through until following spring. Medium size, roundish to slightly conical shape, golden yellow tinged green with orange-red flush. Flesh cream, firm, crisp, sweet sub-acid and aromatic. Vigorous tree with high yield. Prefers cool and dry. Worchester Pearmain K Mr Hale of Swan Pool near Worchester England 1874. Early March –gorgeous strawberry hint in flavour. Red stripes over green. Crisp and juicy. White Flesh. Heavy regular bearer- loved by children. Yorkshire Greening K Large, roundish, irregular, and flattened. Skin dark green, striped with dull red next the sun. Stalk short and thick. Eye closed. Flesh white, and pleasantly acid. One of the best kitchen apples. April - keeps 3-4 month Other Pip Fruit: Pear - Jargonelle old heritage variety from the 1600’s . Mid season and hardy. Green/yellow fruit (pollinators include conference and Winter Nellis). All pears do well Nashi do very well in Southland - recommended to get two for best pollination Nashi Hosui K Appearance: Golden brown skin Harvest time: Mid-season - Late-January - mid-February Taste/texture: Crisp and juicy. Medium to large fruit Nashi Nijiseiki K Appearance: Yellow-green skin Harvest time: Late season - Mid-February - March Taste/texture: Sweet and juicy Medlar K Unusual hardy ancestor of the apple. Has white flowers and russeted fruit you eat when very ripe and the flesh is soft. Quince Giant of Gascony K Excellent for Jams and Jellies. Good aroma and prolific fruiter spicy flavour Qunice Symrna K From the ancient city of Smyrna, Turkey. Smyrna Quince Tree is an excellent fruit for making preserves, jams, jellies. STONE FRUIT PLUMS Plum English Coe’s Golden drop K Super mid to late season plum. Large, oval. Yellow fruit both rich in taste and juicy flesh. Best planted with a greengage. Plum Delight Japanese Cherry plum. Very hardy. Plum Wilson’s Early – Good early season variety with smaller red skin and juicy yellow flesh. Partially self fertile. Plum English Greengage K Very popular, succulent, sweet, smaller fruit with delicious flavour. Mid to late season. Best planted with Coe’s Golden Drop. Plum Purple King K Very large, red/yellow skin. vigorous cropper, ready late season. (Pollinate cherry plum or Elephant Heart) Plum Red Beaut Red skin and flesh ready December. Excellent sweet flavour. Healthy good cropper ( pollinate Santa Rosa or Billington) Plum ‘ Yellow Ogan” Heritage plum, yellow skin and flesh with a small stone Tangy flavour. Early to mid season. Partially self fertile. Other Stone Fruit: Cherry: Stella Compact K Growing well in Riverton - good prolific home variety dark red skin ready around Christmas- Self fertile APRICOTS, PEACHES AND NECTARINES- while not reliable every year these are a lovely addition in a mixed orchard. Need two copper sprays within two weeks first spring only to break peach curl cycle that commonly comes with them from the nursery. Apricot Morepark - best apricot for Southland Peach: Black Boy - best peach for Southland Peach: Golden Queen Golden skin and flesh great for bottling. Good regular cropper ready in March. Nectarine: Gold Mine K Best Nectarine for Southland. Sweet white flesh green with red blush. Vigorous and reliable ready February. Nectarine: Fantasia Yellow flesh, free stone , yellow with red blush. Large fruit and good cropper ready February Fig sweet black K Dark skin, pink flesh so sweet you can eat skin and all. Ready March BERRIES Blackberries K Thornless stout vigorous canes with medium round jet black berries ready feb/March $12.50 each Plum English Angelina Burdett Sweet purple skin and yellow flesh - ready early season (All English plums pollinate each other) Cranberries K Myrtus Ugni Evergreen with white flowers and red edible berries ''' Gooseberry Monarch K Large red blush, very sweet and delicious when ripe. Some resistance to mildew. Goosberry Invicta K Green ready around Christmas time- can eat raw of cook. Resistant to powdery mildew, up right habit. NUTS: Walnut Wilsons Wonder K Juglans Regia Grafted- large nuts and good cropper. Provide shelter until established 7m x 7 m $45 each Pinus Pinea K Edible pine nuts these are 30-50 cm high $12.50 each ' |