Apple scions (graft on to MM106 apple rootstock)
Abas: Australia 1940, February, medium sized striped and flushed, crisp and sweet.
Baldwin: USA about 1740, very large, red, crisp, good keeper, very late ripening
Blue Pearmain: probably USA early 1800’s, purplish red, tender, sweet, aromatic,
good keeper, late.
Cleopatra (Ortley): USA pre-1817, pale yellow, crisp, sub-acid, March-April.
Cox’s Orange Pippin: England 1825, medium sized, flushed, striped, sweet, crisp,
aromatic, April; best flavour in cool climates.
De Blanquier:
Devonshire Quarrenden: England or France, pre 1678, very early small brownish red
apple, January, goes soft quickly a week after ripening.
Doux Amer Gris: France, greenish-yellow, aromatic, late, good keeper.
Doux aux Vespers: Large green cooking apple
Five Crown (London Pippin): England 1580); also called London Pippin; ripens May,
dual purpose, green and flushed, crisp & aromatic, excellent keeper, also good for
drying.
French Crab (Winter Greening): France 1700’s, very hard green apple, crisp, acid,
long keeper, June ripening.
Gala: New Zealand 1934; orange-red striped, crisp, aromatic, sweet, ripens February.
Giffard Seedling: South Gippsland, excellent flavour.
Golden Delicious: USA 1890; golden yellow, sweet & crisp, ripens March.
Grant’s Seedling: a local seedling from Flaggy Creek, large green-yellow fruit,
excellent flavour (possibly a Granny Smith and Golden Delicious cross)
Gravenstein: Germany or Italy before 1680; large striped, crisp & aromatic, ripens
gradually from late January, poor keeper.
Groseille:
Hazelwood:
Hopton: Rich red colour, , crisp, juicy, good flavour, February.
Illinois Blaze:
Improved Foxwhelp: England pre 1920, red, striped cider apple, very acid, only used
for blending to make cider, too bitter to eat.
Irish Peach: Ireland pre-1920, very early in January, small, crisp, poor keeper.
Islay Pippin:
Lady Williams: Australia 1968, large, red, crisp, long keeping, very late (late June).
Laxton’s Superb: England 1904; also called Fortune, green with red blush, large,
ripens March.
Larges Red:
L.C. Daniels:
Lindenow Late Crisp: An old variety growing at Lindenow, real name unknown, very
late.
Mutsu: Japan 1950; very large greenish yellow, refreshing taste, ripens April.
Northern Spy: USA about 1800, very late ripening, sweet, fragrant, good keeper.
Orange de Per:
P.H. Thomas Selection:
Pommier Hain (or Nain?):
Ranelagh:
Red Astrachan: Russia, pre-1816, thought to be very old, crimson, firm, sub-acid,
early, pick when just under-ripe.
Red Delicious: USA 1872, sweet and crisp, red with stripes, ripens in March, good
keeper.
Red Jonathan: Bright red Jonathan fruit, ripens early March, scab resistant.
Reinette Ciplet:
R.G. McIntosh:
Rhode Island Greening: USA 1650, very large, green, crisp, aromatic, good keeper,
very late.
Rokewood: Australia mid 1800’s, red, hard, tangy, March-April.
Rome Beauty: USA 1848, flushed and striped, soft, sub-acid, very late.
Rosella:
Roydon Red:
Scarlet Nonpareil: England 1773, red, russetted, firm, sweet, May.
Sing’s Seedling:
Snow Apple (Pomme de Neige, also called Fameuse): Canada pre 1730, small red
crisp very white flesh, ripens late March.
Stayman’s Winesap: USA 1895, red, russetted, crisp, sweet, , aromatic, good keeper,
very late.
Stewarts Seedling (also called Ballarat): Australia 1870, large green cooking apple,
ripens February-March.
Sturmer Pippin: England 1831, flushed, russetted, crisp, sweet, good keeper, very late
– leave on tree as long as possible.
Wellington (Dumelow’s Seedling): England 1800, large green cooking apple with red
stripes, acidic, March.
Westell Selection:
Willie Sharp: Early golden-yellow apple, aromatic, good flavour, late January, quite a
good keeper for an early variety.
Winter Queening:
Yates: USA 1813, small, red, sweet, good keeper, very late.
Pear scions (graft on to Pyrus calleryana rootstocks)
Buerre bosc: large sweet brown pear, ripe in February
Corella: medium sized red pear, ripening February
Doyenne de Comice: France, large sweet greenish-yellow pear, sweet, aromatic,
March.
Packham’s Triumph: Australia, large greenish yellow, good flavour, March.
Sugar pear: (may not be the correct name).
Williams Bon Chretien: also called Bartlett, early ripening, February, good flavour,
pick before fully ripe.
Winter Cole: Small brown pear ripening in March-April, rich flavour
Nashi scions (graft on to Pyrus calleryana rootstocks)
Danbae: Korea, large russetted fruit.
Hwah:
Hwa Hong: Pear shaped yellow fruit, February.
Nijisseiki (Twentieth Century): Japan, Round yellow fruit, February-March
Nittaka: Pear-shaped yellow fruit, February
Shinsetsu: Japan.
Shinsui: Japan, small yellow-brown fruit, January, prolific but goes soft quickly
Singo:
Japanese plum scions (graft on to Myrobolan plum rootstocks)
Au Produceur: Good flavour, prolific, red with yellow flesh, January.
Burbank: Large, round, red with yellow flesh, , very sweet.
Donsworth:
Duffs Early Jewell: Good sized red plum, yellow inside, ripens December
Santa Rosa: Very large, purplish red, pink inside, late December.
Satsuma: Popular blood plum, ripens in February, self pollinating, prolific producer
Wickson: Firm, sugary, delicious.
Wilson: Very early, ripens November, red with yellow flesh, large.
European plum scions (graft on to Myrobolan plum rootstocks)
Plant at least two varieties for pollination, preferably more
Coe’s Golden Drop: large yellow drop-shaped fruit, February
Greengage: Round greenish yellow, superb flavour
President: Very large, oval, deep purple, sweet and rich, late.
Prune D’Agen: Egg-shaped purple plum with yellow flesh, excellent flavour
Prune Robe de Sargeant: Excellent prune, earlier than D’Agen.
Quince scions (graft on to quince rootstocks)
Apple Shaped Quince: Smaller rounded fruit, mid season.
Champion: Early March.
Smyrna: Turkey, large fruit, late March
Cherry scions (graft on to Mazzard cherry rootstocks)
Bing:
Black Boy:
Burgsdorf: Early dark cherry.
Florence: Large, firm, late.
Morello: Sour cherry but good to eat fresh, no pollinator needed, February
Rainier:
Stella: Self pollinating.
Supreme:
Van:
Potted fruits
Lillypilly: Medium tree, frost hardy when established, large purple fruits for
preserves; seedling.
Loquat: Medium sized evergreen tree fruiting in late spring; expect fruit in 5 years;
seedling.
Pepino: Sprawling perennial fruit, 50 cm high, up to 2 metres wide, sweet large fruit
in autumn. Eat fresh, in sandwiches or spaghetti sauce. Protect from frost. Can treat as
an annual by taking cuttings in autumn and keeping in pots over winter.
Potted herbs
Apple mint: Use as ordinary mint.
Garlic chives: Garlic flavoured leaves, perennial, self seeding, hardy.
Lemon balm: Hardy perennial, lemon flavoured for calming teas.
Oregano: Hardy culinary herb.
Perennial basil: Small bush, may be frost tender. Use as annual basil.
Rosemary: Very hardy shrub, flavouring for roast lamb.
Thyme: Hardy perennial, excellent flavour for salad dressing, stews etc.
Warrigal greens: Also called New Zealand spinach, a vigorous self-seeding easily
grown native of Australia and the Pacific Islands, used like spinach.
Bare rooted berries and currants
Black currant: Small black highly flavoured berries.
Native raspberry: Drought hardy, produces copious amounts of tasty small fruit in
summer.
Silvan berry: Vigorous grower, 2 metre long canes, delicious large black berries in
December.
Bare rooted vegetables and herbs
Globe artichoke: Delicious flower buds in spring, eaten before opening.
Garlic chives
Thyme:
Tubers, bulbs and corms
Jerusalem artichoke:
Oca: Oxalis tuberosa, also called New Zealand yam (but native to the Andes), a small
tuber eaten like potatoes.
Queensland arrowroot: An edible canna, harvest in winter when tops die down, boil or
roast.
Welsh onions
Yacon: A large sweet edible tuber eaten raw or cooked, a relative of Jerusalem
artichokes and sunflowers, from the Andes. Harvest in winter when tops die down.
Grape vine cuttings
(Plant half the length in the ground, water well especially in spring after leaves have
opened until root system develops)
Concord: Strawberry grape, light purple colour, good flavour, resistant to disease.
Isabella: Soft black fruit, good flavour, resistant to disease.
Riesling: Superb flavour, small green fruit, excellent fresh, juiced or made into wine.
Other cuttings
Brown Turkey fig:
Hicks Fancy mulberry: Prolific producer, ripens spring, flowers destroyed by late
frost so may not fruit every year, sprawling weak-branched tree that splits easily
Red currant:
Miscellaneous
Tagasaste (in tubes): Also called tree lucerne, evergreen small stock fodder tree, good
orchard tree companion, edible seeds for poultry, nitrogen fixer, fire retardant; must
have excellent drainage.